Hoima in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hoima in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HoimaUganda (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hoima plotted against Uganda. The SNDi of new construction in Hoima rose steadily, while Uganda was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Hoima's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 3.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hoima ranked 8th out of 25 in Uganda as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.58
Rank in Uganda
8th of 25

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.83
Rank in Uganda
8th of 25

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HoimaAusaPirganj

In new street additions, Hoima built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ausa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Pirganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Hoima became progressively more disconnected, while Ausa fluctuated in connectivity and Pirganj fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Hoima had a more connected network than Ausa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.