Gulu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gulu in context

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuluUganda (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gulu plotted against Uganda. The SNDi of new construction in Gulu rose steadily, while Uganda was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Gulu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.87 to 3.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gulu ranked 10th out of 25 in Uganda as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.94
Rank in Uganda
11th of 25

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.89
Rank in Uganda
10th of 25

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuluIpswichGroningen

In new street additions, Gulu and Groningen both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ipswich built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.