Chimoio in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chimoio in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChimoioManica (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chimoio plotted against Manica and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Chimoio followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Manica which rose steadily and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Chimoio's incremental SNDi rose from 2.65 to 4.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chimoio ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Manica and 31st out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.04
Rank in Mozambique
32nd of 44
Rank in Manica
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Mozambique
31st of 44
Rank in Manica
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

51015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
51015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChimoioBelgorodChandanaish

In new street additions, Chimoio fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Belgorod built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chandanaish built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Chimoio and Belgorod both became progressively more disconnected, while Chandanaish grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Chimoio had a more connected network than Belgorod in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.