Miézi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Miezi in context

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MieziCabo Delgado (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Miézi plotted against Cabo Delgado and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Miézi followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Cabo Delgado which peaked in 1991-2005 and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Miézi's incremental SNDi rose from 0.04 to 2.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Miézi ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Cabo Delgado and 4th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in Mozambique
5th of 44
Rank in Cabo Delgado
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.47
Rank in Mozambique
4th of 44
Rank in Cabo Delgado
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MieziMatola-RioSabir

In new street additions, Miézi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Matola-Rio built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sabir built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Miézi fluctuated in connectivity, while Matola-Rio became progressively more disconnected and Sabir became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Miézi and Matola-Rio have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.