Kampala 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 Kampala plotted against Wakiso and Uganda. The SNDi of new construction in Kampala rose steadily, compared to Wakiso which rose steadily and Uganda which was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Kampala's incremental SNDi rose from 5.71 to 6.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kampala ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Wakiso and 23rd 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?

• Varanasi, India
• Jaipur, India
• Sydney, Australia
• Jinan, China
• Houston, United States
• Qingdao, China

In new street additions, Kampala built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Varanasi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jinan built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Kampala and Varanasi both became progressively more disconnected, while Jinan became progressively more connected. Kampala and Jinan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.