Santa Clara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Clara in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa ClaraCunene (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Clara plotted against Cunene and Angola. The SNDi of new construction in Santa Clara peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Cunene which peaked in 1991-2005 and Angola which rose steadily. Most recently, Santa Clara's incremental SNDi fell from 2.61 to 2.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Clara ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Cunene and 30th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.44
Rank in Angola
23rd of 56
Rank in Cunene
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Angola
30th of 56
Rank in Cunene
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa ClaraQalatSarolangun

In new street additions, Santa Clara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Qalat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Sarolangun built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Santa Clara and Sarolangun both became progressively more disconnected, while Qalat became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Santa Clara and Qalat have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.