Caluquembe in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Caluquembe in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caluquembe plotted against Huíla and Angola. The SNDi of new construction in Caluquembe followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Huíla which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Angola which rose steadily. Most recently, Caluquembe's incremental SNDi fell from 1.52 to 1.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caluquembe ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Huíla and 4th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.49
- Rank in Angola
- 7th of 56
- Rank in Huíla
- 2nd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.49
- Rank in Angola
- 4th of 56
- Rank in Huíla
- 1st of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Caluquembe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Buntok built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Muğla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Caluquembe fluctuated in connectivity, while Buntok became progressively more disconnected and Muğla fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Caluquembe had a more sprawly network than Muğla in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.