Seles in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Seles in context

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SelesCuanza Sul (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Seles plotted against Cuanza Sul and Angola. While Cuanza Sul and Angola both rose steadily, Seles's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Seles's incremental SNDi rose from 4.24 to 10.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Seles ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Cuanza Sul and 36th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.59
Rank in Angola
55th of 56
Rank in Cuanza Sul
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Angola
36th of 56
Rank in Cuanza Sul
4th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SelesSempornaKilis

While Semporna and Kilis both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Seles built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Seles and Kilis have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.