Ondjiva in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ondjiva in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OndjivaCunene (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ondjiva plotted against Cunene and Angola. While Cunene and Angola both rose steadily, Ondjiva's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Ondjiva's incremental SNDi rose from 2.96 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ondjiva ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Cunene and 37th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in Angola
32nd of 56
Rank in Cunene
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in Angola
37th of 56
Rank in Cunene
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OndjivaMoriokaMahbubnagar

In new street additions, Ondjiva built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Morioka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Mahbubnagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ondjiva became progressively more disconnected, while Morioka grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mahbubnagar fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Ondjiva had a more connected network than Mahbubnagar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.