Malabo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Malabo in context

3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MalaboBioko Norte (Region)Equatorial Guinea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malabo plotted against Bioko Norte and Equatorial Guinea. The SNDi of new construction in Malabo rose steadily, compared to Bioko Norte which peaked in 1991-2005 and Equatorial Guinea which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Malabo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 4.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malabo ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Bioko Norte and 1st out of 2 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.1
Rank in Equatorial Guinea
1st of 2
Rank in Bioko Norte
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.95
Rank in Equatorial Guinea
1st of 2
Rank in Bioko Norte
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MalaboRudrapurMonteria

In new street additions, Malabo and Rudrapur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Montería fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Malabo had a more sprawly network than Rudrapur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.