Moçâmedes in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mocamedes in context

11.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MocamedesNamibe (Region)Angola (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moçâmedes plotted against Namibe and Angola. The SNDi of new construction in Moçâmedes followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Namibe which rose steadily and Angola which rose steadily. Most recently, Moçâmedes's incremental SNDi fell from 1.31 to 1.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moçâmedes ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Namibe and 2nd out of 56 in Angola as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.19
Rank in Angola
1st of 56
Rank in Namibe
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.15
Rank in Angola
2nd of 56
Rank in Namibe
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MocamedesGimhaePollachi

In new street additions, Moçâmedes fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gimhae built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Pollachi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Gimhae and Pollachi both became progressively more disconnected, while Moçâmedes became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Moçâmedes and Gimhae have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.