Iganga in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Iganga in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Iganga plotted against Uganda. The SNDi of new construction in Iganga followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Uganda was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Iganga's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 7.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Iganga ranked 19th out of 25 in Uganda as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.1
- Rank in Uganda
- 22nd of 25
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.83
- Rank in Uganda
- 19th of 25
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Blouberg Rise, South Africa
- Bapatla, India
- Xianjiang, China
- Cádiz, Spain
- Changhong, China
- Nanpur, India
While Blouberg Rise and Cádiz both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Iganga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Blouberg Rise and Cádiz both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Iganga became progressively more disconnected. Iganga and Cádiz have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.