KK Market Centre in context: Street-network sprawl trends

KK Market Centre 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
KK Market CentreMeru (Region)Kenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with KK Market Centre plotted against Meru and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in KK Market Centre was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Meru which rose steadily and Kenya which rose steadily. Most recently, KK Market Centre's incremental SNDi rose from 2.68 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, KK Market Centre ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Meru and 12th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Kenya
15th of 45
Rank in Meru
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.86
Rank in Kenya
12th of 45
Rank in Meru
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KK Market CentreLodwarGreat Yarmouth

In new street additions, KK Market Centre built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Lodwar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Great Yarmouth built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, KK Market Centre became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Lodwar fluctuated in connectivity and Great Yarmouth became progressively more disconnected. KK Market Centre and Lodwar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.