Lichinga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lichinga in context

22.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LichingaNassa (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lichinga plotted against Nassa and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Lichinga peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nassa which peaked in 1991-2005 and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Lichinga's incremental SNDi fell from 3.31 to 2.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lichinga ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Nassa and 19th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Mozambique
12th of 44
Rank in Nassa
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Mozambique
19th of 44
Rank in Nassa
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LichingaNaqamteSaint-Marc

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