Urambo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Urambo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Urambo plotted against Tabora and Tanzania. The SNDi of new construction in Urambo peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tabora which rose steadily and Tanzania which was at its lowest in 1976-1990. Most recently, Urambo's incremental SNDi fell from 2.59 to 2.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Urambo ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Tabora and 12th out of 45 in Tanzania as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.4
- Rank in Tanzania
- 17th of 45
- Rank in Tabora
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.95
- Rank in Tanzania
- 12th of 45
- Rank in Tabora
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Daye, China
- Pailin, Cambodia
- Bundas, Angola
- Andatabo, Madagascar
- Haylan, Syria
- Sakania, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In new street additions, Urambo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Daye fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Andatabo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Urambo became progressively more disconnected, while Daye fluctuated in connectivity and Andatabo became progressively more connected. Urambo and Daye have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.