Morrumbala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Morrumbala in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MorrumbalaZambezia (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Morrumbala plotted against Zambezia and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Morrumbala 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, Morrumbala's incremental SNDi rose from 1.09 to 1.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Morrumbala ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Zambezia and 2nd out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.47
Rank in Mozambique
1st of 44
Rank in Zambezia
1st of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.27
Rank in Mozambique
2nd of 44
Rank in Zambezia
1st of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MorrumbalaKiziltepeHeping

In new street additions, Morrumbala and Heping both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kızıltepe built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Morrumbala fluctuated in connectivity, while Kızıltepe became progressively more disconnected and Heping became progressively more connected. Morrumbala and Heping have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.