Moma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Moma in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MomaNampula (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moma plotted against Nampula and Mozambique. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Moma's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 4.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moma ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Nampula and 9th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.38
Rank in Mozambique
36th of 44
Rank in Nampula
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Mozambique
9th of 44
Rank in Nampula
1st of 5

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
MomaXiangfenGuangze

In new street additions, Moma built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xiangfen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Guangze built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Xiangfen and Guangze both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Moma became progressively more disconnected. Moma and Xiangfen have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.