Menongue in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Menongue in context

22.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MenongueCuando Cubango (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Menongue plotted against Cuando Cubango and Angola. The SNDi of new construction in Menongue peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Cuando Cubango which peaked in 1976-1990 and Angola which rose steadily. Most recently, Menongue's incremental SNDi fell from 2.68 to 2.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Menongue ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Cuando Cubango and 21st out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Angola
13th of 56
Rank in Cuando Cubango
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Angola
21st of 56
Rank in Cuando Cubango
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MenongueEmeishanQuy Nhon

In new street additions, Menongue and Emeishan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Quy Nhơn built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Menongue had a more sprawly network than Emeishan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.