Jinja in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jinja in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JinjaUganda (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jinja plotted against Uganda. The SNDi of new construction in Jinja rose steadily, while Uganda was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Jinja's incremental SNDi rose from 4.63 to 5.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jinja ranked 20th out of 25 in Uganda as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.53
Rank in Uganda
18th of 25

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.84
Rank in Uganda
20th 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
JinjaTernopilDeir Ez Zor

In new street additions, Jinja built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ternopil built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Deir Ez Zor built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Jinja and Deir Ez Zor both became progressively more disconnected, while Ternopil became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.