Salima in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salima in context

2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SalimaMalawi (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salima plotted against Malawi. The SNDi of new construction in Salima peaked in 1976-1990, while Malawi rose steadily. Most recently, Salima's incremental SNDi fell from 2.84 to 2.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salima ranked 6th out of 8 in Malawi as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.53
Rank in Malawi
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Malawi
6th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SalimaProgresoCoyhaique

Salima, Progreso, and Coyhaique all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Progreso and Coyhaique both became progressively more disconnected, while Salima grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.