Cuito in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cuito in context

2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CuitoBie (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cuito plotted against Bié and Angola. While Bié and Angola both rose steadily, Cuito's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Cuito's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 3.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cuito ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Bié and 38th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in Angola
40th of 56
Rank in Bié
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in Angola
38th of 56
Rank in Bié
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CuitoPiuraMalatya

In new street additions, Cuito built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Piura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Malatya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Cuito and Piura have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.