Caia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caia in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaiaSofala (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caia plotted against Sofala and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Caia was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Sofala which rose steadily and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Caia's incremental SNDi rose from 2.11 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caia ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Sofala and 16th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Mozambique
14th of 44
Rank in Sofala
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Mozambique
16th of 44
Rank in Sofala
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaiaShareModnipur

In new street additions, Caia and Modnipur both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Share built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Caia became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Share became progressively more disconnected and Modnipur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Caia and Share have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.