Nakonde in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nakonde in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nakonde plotted against Muchinga and Zambia. The SNDi of new construction in Nakonde followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Muchinga which rose steadily and Zambia which rose steadily. Most recently, Nakonde's incremental SNDi rose from 1.96 to 2.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nakonde ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Muchinga and 5th out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.38
- Rank in Zambia
- 5th of 30
- Rank in Muchinga
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.95
- Rank in Zambia
- 5th of 30
- Rank in Muchinga
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Nakonde fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sahar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Pobè built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nakonde and Pobè both became progressively more disconnected, while Sahar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Nakonde and Pobè have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.