Mokopane in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mokopane in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MokopaneLimpopo (Region)South Africa (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mokopane plotted against Limpopo and South Africa. The SNDi of new construction in Mokopane peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Limpopo which rose steadily and South Africa which rose steadily. Most recently, Mokopane's incremental SNDi fell from 2.74 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mokopane ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Limpopo and 6th out of 81 in South Africa as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in South Africa
10th of 81
Rank in Limpopo
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in South Africa
6th of 81
Rank in Limpopo
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MokopaneSanta Cruz do CapibaribeShan Miao Cun

In new street additions, Mokopane built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Santa Cruz do Capibaribe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and 禅妙村 built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Mokopane and Santa Cruz do Capibaribe both became progressively more disconnected, while 禅妙村 became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Mokopane and 禅妙村 have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.