Matola-Rio in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Matola-Rio in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Matola-Rio plotted against Maputo and Mozambique. While Maputo and Mozambique both rose steadily, Matola-Rio's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Matola-Rio's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 2.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Matola-Rio ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Maputo and 21st out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in Mozambique
15th of 44
Rank in Maputo
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in Mozambique
21st of 44
Rank in Maputo
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Matola-RioOwode EdeMiezi

In new street additions, Matola-Rio built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Owode Ede fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Miézi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Matola-Rio became progressively more disconnected, while Owode Ede fluctuated in connectivity and Miézi fluctuated in connectivity. Matola-Rio and Owode Ede have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.