Kasungu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kasungu in context

1.82.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KasunguMalawi (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kasungu plotted against Malawi. Both Kasungu and Malawi follow the same trend. Most recently, Kasungu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.72 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kasungu ranked 4th out of 8 in Malawi as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Malawi
6th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Malawi
4th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KasunguAnaturishi uzbokGumaca

In new street additions, Kasungu and Анатуриши узбок both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gumaca built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kasungu and Gumaca have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.