Eldoret in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Eldoret in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EldoretUasin Gishu (Region)Kenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Eldoret plotted against Uasin Gishu and Kenya. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Eldoret's incremental SNDi rose from 4.19 to 4.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Eldoret ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Uasin Gishu and 22nd out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.92
Rank in Kenya
28th of 45
Rank in Uasin Gishu
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in Kenya
22nd of 45
Rank in Uasin Gishu
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EldoretKisumuPilibhit

Eldoret, Kisumu, and Pilibhit all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Eldoret had a more sprawly network than Pilibhit in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.