Kroonstad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kroonstad in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KroonstadFree State (Region)South Africa (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kroonstad plotted against Free State and South Africa. The SNDi of new construction in Kroonstad peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Free State which peaked in 1976-1990 and South Africa which rose steadily. Most recently, Kroonstad's incremental SNDi fell from 2.32 to 1.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kroonstad ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Free State and 1st out of 81 in South Africa as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in South Africa
2nd of 81
Rank in Free State
1st of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.06
Rank in South Africa
1st of 81
Rank in Free State
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KroonstadOuanamintheLang Giao

While Ouanaminthe and Làng Giao both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kroonstad built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ouanaminthe and Làng Giao both became progressively more disconnected, while Kroonstad grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Kroonstad had a more sprawly network than Ouanaminthe in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.