Macenta 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 Macenta plotted against Nzérékoré and Guinea. The SNDi of new construction in Macenta peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nzérékoré which rose steadily and Guinea which rose steadily. Most recently, Macenta's incremental SNDi fell from 6.59 to 1.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Macenta ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Nzérékoré and 23rd out of 24 in Guinea as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Campo Largo, Brazil
• Lala, India
• Tsuyama, Japan
• Yichun, China
• Shangcheng, China
• Baihata, India

In new street additions, Macenta built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Campo Largo built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Yichun built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Campo Largo and Yichun both became progressively more disconnected, while Macenta grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Macenta and Campo Largo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.