Shinyanga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shinyanga 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
ShinyangaTanzania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shinyanga plotted against Tanzania. The SNDi of new construction in Shinyanga peaked in 1991-2005, while Tanzania was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Shinyanga's incremental SNDi fell from 2.31 to 2.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shinyanga ranked 16th out of 45 in Tanzania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Tanzania
9th of 45

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Tanzania
16th of 45

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShinyangaBaia MareXiushan

In new street additions, Shinyanga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Baia Mare built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Xiushan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Shinyanga grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Baia Mare became progressively more disconnected and Xiushan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Shinyanga and Baia Mare have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.