Massinga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Massinga in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MassingaInhambane (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Massinga plotted against Inhambane and Mozambique. While Inhambane and Mozambique both rose steadily, Massinga's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Massinga's incremental SNDi rose from 2.69 to 3.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Massinga ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Inhambane and 25th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in Mozambique
24th of 44
Rank in Inhambane
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in Mozambique
25th of 44
Rank in Inhambane
4th of 4

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
MassingaLongxianLake Ronkonkoma

In new street additions, Massinga and Lake Ronkonkoma both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Longxian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Massinga and Lake Ronkonkoma both became progressively more disconnected, while Longxian fluctuated in connectivity.