Milange 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 Milange plotted against Zambezia and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Milange 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, Milange's incremental SNDi rose from 2.93 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Milange ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Zambezia and 30th 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?

• Zacatelco, México
• Naxi, China
• Itarsi, India
• Phulpur, India
• Ksar Hellal, Tunisia
• Tulus, Sudan

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