Masetjhaba View in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Masetjhaba View 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
Masetjhaba ViewGauteng (Region)South Africa (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Masetjhaba View plotted against Gauteng and South Africa. The SNDi of new construction in Masetjhaba View peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Gauteng which peaked in 1991-2005 and South Africa which rose steadily. Most recently, Masetjhaba View's incremental SNDi fell from 3.37 to 2.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Masetjhaba View ranked 4th out of 14 cities in Gauteng and 31st out of 81 in South Africa as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in South Africa
12th of 81
Rank in Gauteng
1st of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in South Africa
31st of 81
Rank in Gauteng
4th of 14

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
Masetjhaba ViewHanzhongBlitar

In new street additions, Masetjhaba View built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Hanzhong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Blitar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Hanzhong and Blitar both became progressively more disconnected, while Masetjhaba View grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Masetjhaba View and Hanzhong have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.