Ndenderu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ndenderu in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NdenderuKiambu (Region)Kenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ndenderu plotted against Kiambu and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Ndenderu followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Kiambu which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Kenya which rose steadily. Most recently, Ndenderu's incremental SNDi rose from 5.8 to 10.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ndenderu ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Kiambu and 40th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.56
Rank in Kenya
44th of 45
Rank in Kiambu
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.45
Rank in Kenya
40th of 45
Rank in Kiambu
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NdenderuVwawaLinares

While Vwawa and Linares both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ndenderu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ndenderu and Linares have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.