Caxito in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caxito in context

1.82.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaxitoBengo (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caxito plotted against Bengo and Angola. The SNDi of new construction in Caxito peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Bengo which peaked in 1991-2005 and Angola which rose steadily. Most recently, Caxito's incremental SNDi fell from 2.55 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caxito ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Bengo and 25th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Angola
24th of 56
Rank in Bengo
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in Angola
25th of 56
Rank in Bengo
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaxitoNotsePingshan

In new street additions, Caxito built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Notsé built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Pingshan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Caxito and Pingshan both became progressively more disconnected, while Notsé became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Caxito and Notsé have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.