Masaka in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Masaka in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Masaka plotted against Uganda. The SNDi of new construction in Masaka rose steadily, while Uganda was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Masaka's incremental SNDi rose from 3.94 to 5.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Masaka ranked 16th out of 25 in Uganda as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.53
- Rank in Uganda
- 17th of 25
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.68
- Rank in Uganda
- 16th of 25
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Masaka built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dibiyapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Jahrom County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Masaka became progressively more disconnected, while Dibiyapur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Jahrom County grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Masaka and Dibiyapur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.