Kita in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kita in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KitaKayes (Region)Mali (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kita plotted against Kayes and Mali. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kita's incremental SNDi rose from 2.83 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kita ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Kayes and 16th out of 22 in Mali as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in Mali
18th of 22
Rank in Kayes
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Mali
16th of 22
Rank in Kayes
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KitaKhureit (Al Kuma)Hirakud

In new street additions, Kita fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Khureit (Al Kuma) fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hirakud built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kita and Hirakud both became progressively more disconnected, while Khureit (Al Kuma) fluctuated in connectivity. Kita and Khureit (Al Kuma) have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.