Kitwe in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kitwe in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kitwe plotted against Copperbelt and Zambia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kitwe's incremental SNDi rose from 3.69 to 4.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kitwe ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Copperbelt and 24th out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.39
- Rank in Zambia
- 24th of 30
- Rank in Copperbelt
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.04
- Rank in Zambia
- 24th of 30
- Rank in Copperbelt
- 7th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kitwe and Blida both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zakho fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kitwe and Zakho have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.