Vilanculos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Vilanculos in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vilanculos plotted against Inhambane and Mozambique. While Inhambane and Mozambique both rose steadily, Vilanculos's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Vilanculos's incremental SNDi rose from 2.31 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vilanculos ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Inhambane and 11th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Mozambique
11th of 44
Rank in Inhambane
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Mozambique
11th of 44
Rank in Inhambane
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
VilanculosZhushanSmila

Vilanculos, Zhushan, and Smila all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Vilanculos and Zhushan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.