Mombasa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mombasa in context

4.24.54.85.1<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.24.54.85.1<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MombasaKenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mombasa plotted against Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Mombasa peaked in 1991-2005, while Kenya rose steadily. Most recently, Mombasa's incremental SNDi fell from 5.02 to 4.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mombasa ranked 33rd out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.86
Rank in Kenya
27th of 45

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.61
Rank in Kenya
33rd of 45

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MombasaManamaMinneapolis [Saint Paul]

In new street additions, Mombasa and Manama both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Minneapolis [Saint Paul] built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.