Naivasha in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Naivasha in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Naivasha plotted against Nakuru and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Naivasha followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Nakuru which rose steadily and Kenya which rose steadily. Most recently, Naivasha's incremental SNDi rose from 3.86 to 6.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Naivasha ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Nakuru and 20th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.07
- Rank in Kenya
- 33rd of 45
- Rank in Nakuru
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.7
- Rank in Kenya
- 20th of 45
- Rank in Nakuru
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dalga‘a, Egypt
- Zhaoxian, China
- Vĩnh Yên, Vietnam
- Chungju-si, South Korea
- Shuangyang, China
- Nanling, China
In new street additions, Naivasha and Chungju-si both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dalga‘a built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Naivasha and Dalga‘a have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.