Kalulushi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kalulushi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalulushi plotted against Copperbelt and Zambia. The SNDi of new construction in Kalulushi followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Copperbelt which rose steadily and Zambia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kalulushi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.92 to 2.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalulushi ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Copperbelt and 4th out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.43
- Rank in Zambia
- 7th of 30
- Rank in Copperbelt
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.92
- Rank in Zambia
- 4th of 30
- Rank in Copperbelt
- 1st of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kanchra, India
- Polasara, India
- Khrew, Jammu and Kashmir
- Irecê, Brazil
- Huining, China
- Wołomin, Poland
In new street additions, Kalulushi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kanchra fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Irecê built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kalulushi and Irecê both became progressively more disconnected, while Kanchra fluctuated in connectivity.