Nhamatanda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nhamatanda in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NhamatandaSofala (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nhamatanda plotted against Sofala and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Nhamatanda peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Sofala which rose steadily and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Nhamatanda's incremental SNDi fell from 2.83 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nhamatanda ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Sofala and 23rd out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Mozambique
8th of 44
Rank in Sofala
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Mozambique
23rd of 44
Rank in Sofala
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NhamatandaRawalakotQuyang

While Rawalakot and Quyang both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Nhamatanda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Rawalakot and Quyang both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Nhamatanda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Nhamatanda had a more sprawly network than Quyang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.