Kundiawa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kundiawa in context

6810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
6810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KundiawaChimbu (Region)Papua New Guinea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kundiawa plotted against Chimbu and Papua New Guinea. The SNDi of new construction in Kundiawa was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Chimbu which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Papua New Guinea which rose steadily. Most recently, Kundiawa's incremental SNDi rose from 6.96 to 10.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kundiawa ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Chimbu and 10th out of 10 in Papua New Guinea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.95
Rank in Papua New Guinea
9th of 10
Rank in Chimbu
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.73
Rank in Papua New Guinea
10th of 10
Rank in Chimbu
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KundiawaFatehpurPalasa-Kasibugga

In new street additions, Kundiawa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Fatehpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Palasa-Kasibugga built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kundiawa fluctuated in connectivity, while Fatehpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Palasa-Kasibugga became progressively more disconnected. Kundiawa and Palasa-Kasibugga have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.