Lira in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lira in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lira plotted against Uganda. The SNDi of new construction in Lira rose steadily, while Uganda was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Lira's incremental SNDi rose from 2.98 to 3.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lira ranked 11th out of 25 in Uganda as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.44
Rank in Uganda
7th of 25

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in Uganda
11th of 25

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LiraMahagiTarzoho

In new street additions, Lira built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mahagi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Tarzoho fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lira became progressively more disconnected, while Mahagi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Tarzoho fluctuated in connectivity. Lira and Mahagi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.