Lafey in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lafey in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LafeyMandera (Region)Kenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lafey plotted against Mandera and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Lafey followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Mandera which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Kenya which rose steadily. In terms of the aggregate network, Lafey ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Mandera and 3rd out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.55
Rank in Kenya
3rd of 45
Rank in Mandera
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.55
Rank in Kenya
3rd of 45
Rank in Mandera
2nd of 6

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
LafeyOuelessebougouKibango

In new street additions, Lafey fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ouélessébougou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kibango built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Lafey fluctuated in connectivity, while Ouélessébougou became progressively more disconnected and Kibango became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.