Luau in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Luau in context

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LuauMoxico (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Luau plotted against Moxico and Angola. While Moxico and Angola both rose steadily, Luau's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Luau's incremental SNDi rose from 2.57 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Luau ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Moxico and 24th out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in Angola
28th of 56
Rank in Moxico
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.32
Rank in Angola
24th of 56
Rank in Moxico
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LuauItiyaShegaon

In new street additions, Luau and Itiya both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shegaon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Luau and Shegaon have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.