Molepolole in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Molepolole in context

1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MolepololeKweneng (Region)Botswana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Molepolole plotted against Kweneng and Botswana. The SNDi of new construction in Molepolole rose steadily, compared to Kweneng which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Botswana which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Molepolole's incremental SNDi rose from 2.3 to 2.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Molepolole ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Kweneng and 2nd out of 7 in Botswana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Botswana
2nd of 7
Rank in Kweneng
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.83
Rank in Botswana
2nd of 7
Rank in Kweneng
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MolepololeCartagenaZango Bichi

While Cartagena and Zango Bichi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Molepolole built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Molepolole and Cartagena have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.