Malanville in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Malanville 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
MalanvilleAlibori (Region)Benin (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malanville plotted against Alibori and Benin. The SNDi of new construction in Malanville peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Alibori which rose steadily and Benin which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Malanville's incremental SNDi fell from 2.37 to 1.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malanville ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Alibori and 14th out of 24 in Benin as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.83
Rank in Benin
1st of 24
Rank in Alibori
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in Benin
14th of 24
Rank in Alibori
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MalanvilleGuarapariMinhou

In new street additions, Malanville built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Guarapari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Minhou built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Guarapari and Minhou both became progressively more disconnected, while Malanville grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Malanville had a more sprawly network than Guarapari in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.