Bailundo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bailundo in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BailundoHuambo (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bailundo plotted against Huambo and Angola. While Huambo and Angola both rose steadily, Bailundo's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Bailundo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bailundo ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Huambo and 16th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Angola
30th of 56
Rank in Huambo
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.04
Rank in Angola
16th of 56
Rank in Huambo
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BailundoLuwukManihari

Bailundo, Luwuk, and Manihari all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.