Bukoba in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bukoba in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bukoba plotted against Kagera and Tanzania. The SNDi of new construction in Bukoba rose steadily, compared to Kagera which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Tanzania which was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Bukoba's incremental SNDi rose from 5.48 to 5.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bukoba ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Kagera and 43rd out of 45 in Tanzania as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.51
- Rank in Tanzania
- 43rd of 45
- Rank in Kagera
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.96
- Rank in Tanzania
- 43rd of 45
- Rank in Kagera
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Birmingham, United States
- Chengjiang, China
- Nanzhang, China
- Kuytun, China
- Ambatolahy II, Madagascar
- Renhuai, China
In new street additions, Bukoba built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Birmingham fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kuytun built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bukoba and Birmingham both became progressively more disconnected, while Kuytun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.