Musanze in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Musanze in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MusanzeAmajyaruguru (Region)Rwanda (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Musanze plotted against Amajyaruguru and Rwanda. The SNDi of new construction in Musanze followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Amajyaruguru which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Rwanda which was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Musanze's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 4.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Musanze ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Amajyaruguru and 5th out of 5 in Rwanda as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.37
Rank in Rwanda
4th of 5
Rank in Amajyaruguru
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.98
Rank in Rwanda
5th of 5
Rank in Amajyaruguru
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MusanzeAciliaKhuzdar

In new street additions, Musanze and Acilia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Khuzdar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Musanze had a more connected network than Acilia in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.