Montepuez in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Montepuez in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MontepuezCabo Delgado (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Montepuez plotted against Cabo Delgado and Mozambique. While Cabo Delgado and Mozambique both rose steadily, Montepuez's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Montepuez's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 4.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Montepuez ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Cabo Delgado and 14th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.0
Rank in Mozambique
31st of 44
Rank in Cabo Delgado
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in Mozambique
14th of 44
Rank in Cabo Delgado
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MontepuezUnjonNassarawan Eggon

In new street additions, Montepuez built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Unjon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Nassarawan Eggon built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Unjon and Nassarawan Eggon both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Montepuez became progressively more disconnected. Montepuez and Nassarawan Eggon have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.