Ongata Rongai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ongata Rongai in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ongata RongaiKajiado (Region)Kenya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ongata Rongai plotted against Kajiado and Kenya. The SNDi of new construction in Ongata Rongai followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Kajiado which peaked in 1991-2005 and Kenya which rose steadily. Most recently, Ongata Rongai's incremental SNDi rose from 6.98 to 9.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ongata Rongai ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Kajiado and 43rd out of 45 in Kenya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.15
Rank in Kenya
43rd of 45
Rank in Kajiado
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.74
Rank in Kenya
43rd of 45
Rank in Kajiado
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ongata RongaiMuarSan Francisco del Rincon

In new street additions, Muar and San Francisco del Rincón both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ongata Rongai fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.