Ifakara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ifakara in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IfakaraMorogoro (Region)Tanzania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ifakara plotted against Morogoro and Tanzania. While Morogoro and Tanzania both was at its lowest in 1976-1990, Ifakara's new street additions was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Ifakara's incremental SNDi rose from 3.65 to 5.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ifakara ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Morogoro and 41st out of 45 in Tanzania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.02
Rank in Tanzania
41st of 45
Rank in Morogoro
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in Tanzania
41st of 45
Rank in Morogoro
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IfakaraTianya DistrictEdmond

While Tianya District and Edmond both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ifakara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Tianya District and Edmond both became progressively more disconnected, while Ifakara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Ifakara had a more sprawly network than Tianya District in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.