Musoma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Musoma in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MusomaMara (Region)Tanzania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Musoma plotted against Mara and Tanzania. The SNDi of new construction in Musoma peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Mara which peaked in 1991-2005 and Tanzania which was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Musoma's incremental SNDi fell from 2.02 to 2.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Musoma ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Mara and 20th out of 45 in Tanzania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in Tanzania
7th of 45
Rank in Mara
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Tanzania
20th of 45
Rank in Mara
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MusomaChumenManzanillo

In new street additions, Musoma and Chumen both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Manzanillo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Musoma and Manzanillo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.