Oudtshoorn in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oudtshoorn 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
OudtshoornWestern Cape (Region)South Africa (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oudtshoorn plotted against Western Cape and South Africa. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Oudtshoorn's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 3.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oudtshoorn ranked 2nd out of 14 cities in Western Cape and 20th out of 81 in South Africa as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.58
Rank in South Africa
39th of 81
Rank in Western Cape
4th of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in South Africa
20th of 81
Rank in Western Cape
2nd of 14

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OudtshoornMasisiHoringer

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