Maxixe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maxixe in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaxixeInhambane (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maxixe plotted against Inhambane and Mozambique. While Inhambane and Mozambique both rose steadily, Maxixe's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Maxixe's incremental SNDi rose from 2.55 to 3.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maxixe ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Inhambane and 17th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in Mozambique
26th of 44
Rank in Inhambane
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in Mozambique
17th of 44
Rank in Inhambane
2nd of 4

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
MaxixeNayongUmuarama

In new street additions, Maxixe built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nayong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Umuarama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Maxixe and Umuarama both became progressively more disconnected, while Nayong became progressively more connected. Notably, Maxixe had a more connected network than Umuarama in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.