Kitengela in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kitengela in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kitengela plotted against Machakos and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Kitengela peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Machakos which rose steadily and Kenya which rose steadily. Most recently, Kitengela's incremental SNDi fell from 4.19 to 4.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kitengela ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Machakos and 24th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.16
- Rank in Kenya
- 18th of 45
- Rank in Machakos
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.05
- Rank in Kenya
- 24th of 45
- Rank in Machakos
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kitengela and Yuanyang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Rajgangpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kitengela became progressively more disconnected, while Rajgangpur fluctuated in connectivity and Yuanyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kitengela and Rajgangpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.