Kapiri Mposhi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kapiri Mposhi in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kapiri MposhiCentral (Region)Zambia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kapiri Mposhi plotted against Central and Zambia. The SNDi of new construction in Kapiri Mposhi followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Central which rose steadily and Zambia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kapiri Mposhi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.58 to 4.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kapiri Mposhi ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Central and 21st out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.14
Rank in Zambia
19th of 30
Rank in Central
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.84
Rank in Zambia
21st of 30
Rank in Central
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kapiri MposhiJajagDavid

While Jajag and David both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kapiri Mposhi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Jajag and David both became progressively more disconnected, while Kapiri Mposhi fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Kapiri Mposhi had a more sprawly network than Jajag in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.