Kempville in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kempville in context

33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KempvilleMpumalanga (Region)South Africa (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kempville plotted against Mpumalanga and South Africa. The SNDi of new construction in Kempville peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Mpumalanga which rose steadily and South Africa which rose steadily. Most recently, Kempville's incremental SNDi fell from 4.0 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kempville ranked 11th out of 13 cities in Mpumalanga and 60th out of 81 in South Africa as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in South Africa
44th of 81
Rank in Mpumalanga
7th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.84
Rank in South Africa
60th of 81
Rank in Mpumalanga
11th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KempvilleAmaseriPuerto Iguazu

In new street additions, Kempville built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Amaseri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Puerto Iguazú built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kempville became progressively more disconnected, while Amaseri fluctuated in connectivity and Puerto Iguazú grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kempville and Puerto Iguazú have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.