Kakata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kakata plotted against Margibi and Liberia. The SNDi of new construction in Kakata rose steadily, compared to Margibi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Liberia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kakata's incremental SNDi rose from 4.28 to 5.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kakata ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Margibi and 1st out of 9 in Liberia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Ratanpur, India
• Maradun, Nigeria
• Temse, Belgium
• Bijali, India
• Tumsar, India
• Trilyee Family, Afghanistan

In new street additions, Kakata and Bijali both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ratanpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kakata and Bijali both became progressively more disconnected, while Ratanpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kakata and Ratanpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.