Quelimane in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Quelimane in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QuelimaneZambezia (Region)Mozambique (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Quelimane plotted against Zambezia and Mozambique. The SNDi of new construction in Quelimane 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, Quelimane's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 4.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Quelimane ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Zambezia and 38th out of 44 in Mozambique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.78
Rank in Mozambique
39th of 44
Rank in Zambezia
8th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in Mozambique
38th of 44
Rank in Zambezia
8th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QuelimaneSidfaBurhanpur

While Sidfa and Burhanpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Quelimane fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.