Maganja 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 Maganja plotted against Zambezia and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Maganja followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Zambezia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Maganja's incremental SNDi rose from 1.37 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maganja ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in Zambezia and 7th 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?

• Apsheronsk, Russia
• Nanhua, China
• Isfara, Tajikistan
• Chelghoum Laid, Algeria
• Shahadi, Ethiopia
• Oswaldtwistle, United Kingdom

In new street additions, Maganja fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Apsheronsk built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chelghoum Laid built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Maganja fluctuated in connectivity, while Apsheronsk became progressively more disconnected and Chelghoum Laid became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Maganja and Apsheronsk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.