Blantyre in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Blantyre in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BlantyreMalawi (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Blantyre plotted against Malawi. Both Blantyre and Malawi follow the same trend. Most recently, Blantyre's incremental SNDi rose from 5.29 to 5.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Blantyre ranked 8th out of 8 in Malawi as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.61
Rank in Malawi
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.74
Rank in Malawi
8th of 8

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
BlantyreSulaymaniyahBelagavi

Blantyre, Sulaymaniyah, and Belagavi all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.