Waku Kungo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Waku Kungo in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Waku KungoCuanza Sul (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Waku Kungo plotted against Cuanza Sul and Angola. While Cuanza Sul and Angola both rose steadily, Waku Kungo's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Waku Kungo's incremental SNDi rose from 1.84 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Waku Kungo ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Cuanza Sul and 13th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in Angola
29th of 56
Rank in Cuanza Sul
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Angola
13th of 56
Rank in Cuanza Sul
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Waku KungoHonghuKatoro

In new street additions, Waku Kungo built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Honghu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Katoro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Waku Kungo became progressively more disconnected, while Honghu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Katoro became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Waku Kungo had a more connected network than Katoro in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.