Bute Town in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bute Town in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bute Town plotted against Wajir and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Bute Town peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Wajir which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Kenya which rose steadily. Most recently, Bute Town's incremental SNDi fell from 2.18 to 1.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bute Town ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Wajir and 7th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.61
Rank in Kenya
4th of 45
Rank in Wajir
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Kenya
7th of 45
Rank in Wajir
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bute TownSakaniaLwishia

While Sakania and Lwishia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Bute Town built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Bute Town grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Sakania became progressively more disconnected and Lwishia fluctuated in connectivity. Bute Town and Sakania have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.