Gondola 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 Gondola plotted against Manica and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Gondola followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Manica which rose steadily and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Gondola's incremental SNDi rose from 1.85 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gondola ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Manica and 18th 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?

• Abejukolo, Nigeria
• Ankazomborona, Madagascar
• Buyo, Côte d'Ivoire
• Greatwood, United States
• Dagahaley Refugee Camp, Kenya
• Malmesbury, South Africa

In new street additions, Gondola fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Abejukolo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Greatwood built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Gondola grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Abejukolo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Greatwood grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Gondola and Greatwood have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.