Calulo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Calulo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Calulo plotted against Cuanza Sul and Angola. While Cuanza Sul and Angola both rose steadily, Calulo's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Calulo's incremental SNDi rose from 5.51 to 7.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Calulo ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Cuanza Sul and 52nd out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.34
- Rank in Angola
- 53rd of 56
- Rank in Cuanza Sul
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.55
- Rank in Angola
- 52nd of 56
- Rank in Cuanza Sul
- 8th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Calulo built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gurupi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dehua built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Calulo and Gurupi both became progressively more disconnected, while Dehua grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Calulo and Gurupi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.