Mandera in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mandera in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManderaKenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mandera plotted against Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Mandera peaked in 1976-1990, while Kenya rose steadily. Most recently, Mandera's incremental SNDi fell from 1.64 to 1.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mandera ranked 2nd out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.47
Rank in Kenya
2nd of 45

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.54
Rank in Kenya
2nd of 45

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManderaCreilKyaukpadaung

In new street additions, Mandera and Creil both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kyaukpadaung fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Creil and Kyaukpadaung both became progressively more disconnected, while Mandera grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Mandera had a more sprawly network than Kyaukpadaung in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.