Kyela in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kyela in context

2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KyelaMbeya (Region)Tanzania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kyela plotted against Mbeya and Tanzania. While Mbeya and Tanzania both was at its lowest in 1976-1990, Kyela's new street additions was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Kyela's incremental SNDi rose from 2.6 to 3.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyela ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Mbeya and 31st out of 45 in Tanzania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.6
Rank in Tanzania
34th of 45
Rank in Mbeya
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Tanzania
31st of 45
Rank in Mbeya
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KyelaHagaribommanahalliSirte

While Hagaribommanahalli and Sirte both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kyela built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Hagaribommanahalli and Sirte both became progressively more disconnected, while Kyela became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Kyela had a more sprawly network than Hagaribommanahalli in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.