Wajir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wajir in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WajirKenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wajir plotted against Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Wajir followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Kenya rose steadily. Most recently, Wajir's incremental SNDi rose from 2.02 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wajir ranked 9th out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Kenya
9th of 45

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Kenya
9th of 45

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
WajirSerpukhovKaizhou

In new street additions, Wajir fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Serpukhov built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kaizhou built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Wajir fluctuated in connectivity, while Serpukhov became progressively more disconnected and Kaizhou became progressively more connected. Notably, Wajir had a more connected network than Kaizhou in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.