Mado Gashi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mado Gashi in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mado GashiIsiolo (Region)Kenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mado Gashi plotted against Isiolo and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Mado Gashi followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Isiolo which peaked in 1991-2005 and Kenya which rose steadily. Most recently, Mado Gashi's incremental SNDi fell from 3.7 to 3.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mado Gashi ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Isiolo and 15th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in Kenya
12th of 45
Rank in Isiolo
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in Kenya
15th of 45
Rank in Isiolo
1st of 1

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mado GashiSetiguiyaBalato

While Sètiguiya and Balato both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Mado Gashi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Mado Gashi fluctuated in connectivity, while Sètiguiya became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Balato became progressively more connected. Mado Gashi and Sètiguiya have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.