Komani in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Komani in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KomaniEastern Cape (Region)South Africa (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Komani plotted against Eastern Cape and South Africa. The SNDi of new construction in Komani peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Eastern Cape which rose steadily and South Africa which rose steadily. Most recently, Komani's incremental SNDi fell from 2.98 to 2.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Komani ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in Eastern Cape and 18th out of 81 in South Africa as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in South Africa
14th of 81
Rank in Eastern Cape
3rd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in South Africa
18th of 81
Rank in Eastern Cape
2nd of 9

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
KomaniPervomaiskZacatecoluca

While Pervomaisk and Zacatecoluca both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Komani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Komani and Zacatecoluca have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.