Manzini in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Manzini in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manzini plotted against Swaziland. The SNDi of new construction in Manzini peaked in 1991-2005, while Swaziland rose steadily. Most recently, Manzini's incremental SNDi fell from 6.35 to 5.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manzini ranked 1st out of 1 in Swaziland as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.76
- Rank in Swaziland
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.41
- Rank in Swaziland
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Лада, Russia
- Karamile, Ethiopia
- Sinfra, Côte d'Ivoire
- Sido Dadi, Indonesia
- Chingo, Angola
- Bolo, Nigeria
In new street additions, Manzini and Sido Dadi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Лада fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Manzini and Лада both became progressively more disconnected, while Sido Dadi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Manzini and Лада have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.