Pebane in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pebane in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PebaneZambezia (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pebane plotted against Zambezia and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Pebane 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, Pebane's incremental SNDi rose from 1.99 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pebane ranked 4th out of 9 cities in Zambezia and 13th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in Mozambique
33rd of 44
Rank in Zambezia
6th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Mozambique
13th of 44
Rank in Zambezia
4th 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
PebaneLukalaLoei

In new street additions, Pebane fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lukala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Loei built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Lukala and Loei both became progressively more disconnected, while Pebane fluctuated in connectivity. Pebane and Loei have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.