Quipungo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Quipungo in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QuipungoHuila (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Quipungo plotted against Huíla and Angola. The SNDi of new construction in Quipungo peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Huíla which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Angola which rose steadily. Most recently, Quipungo's incremental SNDi fell from 2.21 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Quipungo ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Huíla and 14th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Angola
10th of 56
Rank in Huíla
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.93
Rank in Angola
14th of 56
Rank in Huíla
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QuipungoLiannanZhanhuaqu

In new street additions, Quipungo and Zhanhuaqu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Liannan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Quipungo and Zhanhuaqu both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Liannan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Quipungo and Zhanhuaqu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.