Moatize in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moatize plotted against Tete and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Moatize followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Tete which peaked in 1991-2005 and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Moatize's incremental SNDi rose from 2.27 to 3.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moatize ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Tete and 22nd out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Taoyuan, China
• San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
• Dongfang, China
• Gurudaspur, Bangladesh
• Itu, Brazil
• Akluj, India

In new street additions, Moatize fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Taoyuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gurudaspur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Moatize and Gurudaspur both became progressively more disconnected, while Taoyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Moatize had a more connected network than Taoyuan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.