Zóbue 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 Zóbue plotted against Tete and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Zóbue was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Tete which peaked in 1991-2005 and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Zóbue's incremental SNDi rose from 1.5 to 1.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zóbue ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Tete and 5th 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?

• 天津经济技术开发区西区, China
• Łomża, Poland
• Sirohi, India
• Banswada, India
• Los Cristianos, Spain
• Mathia Alam, India

In new street additions, Zóbue built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while 天津经济技术开发区西区 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Banswada built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Zóbue became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while 天津经济技术开发区西区 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Banswada became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Zóbue had a more sprawly network than Banswada in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.