Chibuto 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 Chibuto plotted against Gaza and Mozambique. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chibuto's incremental SNDi rose from 1.39 to 2.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chibuto ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Gaza and 1st out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Uran, India
• Yutai, China
• Abu Bisht, Egypt
• Morshi, India
• Bălți, Moldova
• Kaffrine, Senegal

In new street additions, Chibuto and Uran both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Morshi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Chibuto and Morshi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.