Camacupa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Camacupa in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CamacupaBie (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Camacupa plotted against Bié and Angola. The SNDi of new construction in Camacupa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Bié which peaked in 1991-2005 and Angola which rose steadily. Most recently, Camacupa's incremental SNDi fell from 2.71 to 1.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Camacupa ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Bié and 10th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in Angola
9th of 56
Rank in Bié
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Angola
10th of 56
Rank in Bié
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CamacupaDafangAl Quwaysi

In new street additions, Camacupa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dafang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Al Quwaysi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Camacupa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Dafang became progressively more disconnected and Al Quwaysi fluctuated in connectivity. Camacupa and Dafang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.