Moba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moba plotted against Tanganyika and Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Tanganyika and Democratic Republic of the Congo both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Moba's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Moba's incremental SNDi rose from 5.38 to 5.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moba ranked 10th out of 10 cities in Tanganyika and 168th out of 186 in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Pangkalan, Malaysia
• Agaie, Nigeria
• Upington, South Africa
• Puerto Cortés, Honduras
• Yuekou, China
• Sangarédi, Guinea

In new street additions, Moba and Pangkalan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Puerto Cortés built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Moba and Pangkalan both fluctuated in connectivity, while Puerto Cortés became progressively more disconnected. Moba and Pangkalan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.