Kisii in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kisii in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KisiiKenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kisii plotted against Kenya. Both Kisii and Kenya follow the same trend. Most recently, Kisii's incremental SNDi rose from 3.43 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kisii ranked 16th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.58
Rank in Kenya
23rd of 45

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in Kenya
16th of 45

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KisiiIksan-siLianshui County

In new street additions, Kisii and Lianshui County both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Iksan-si fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kisii and Iksan-si have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.