Machakos in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Machakos in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Machakos plotted against Kenya. Both Machakos and Kenya follow the same trend. Most recently, Machakos's incremental SNDi rose from 4.86 to 6.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Machakos ranked 28th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.41
- Rank in Kenya
- 37th of 45
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.39
- Rank in Kenya
- 28th of 45
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Alafaya, United States
- Songmen, China
- Apalit, Philippines
- Lingasugur, India
- Hilsa, India
- Mankweng, South Africa
In new street additions, Machakos built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Alafaya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lingasugur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Alafaya and Lingasugur both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Machakos became progressively more disconnected. Machakos and Alafaya have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.