Bukalasi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bukalasi plotted against Mbale and Uganda. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bukalasi's incremental SNDi rose from 14.13 to 17.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bukalasi ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Mbale and 25th out of 25 in Uganda as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Dairut, Egypt
• Fuji, Japan
• Anlu, China
• Bilbeis, Egypt
• Laiyang, China
• Ambur, India

In new street additions, Bukalasi and Dairut both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bilbeis fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bukalasi and Dairut both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Bilbeis fluctuated in connectivity.