Nicoadala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nicoadala in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NicoadalaZambezia (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nicoadala plotted against Zambezia and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Nicoadala was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Zambezia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Mozambique which rose steadily. Most recently, Nicoadala's incremental SNDi rose from 2.62 to 3.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nicoadala ranked 5th out of 9 cities in Zambezia and 27th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Mozambique
19th of 44
Rank in Zambezia
4th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Mozambique
27th of 44
Rank in Zambezia
5th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NicoadalaWaimawBurton-on-Trent

While Waimaw and Burton-on-Trent both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Nicoadala built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Waimaw and Burton-on-Trent both became progressively more disconnected, while Nicoadala became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Nicoadala had a more sprawly network than Waimaw in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.