Chingola in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chingola in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chingola plotted against Copperbelt and Zambia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chingola's incremental SNDi rose from 3.2 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chingola ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Copperbelt and 20th out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.26
- Rank in Zambia
- 22nd of 30
- Rank in Copperbelt
- 5th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.71
- Rank in Zambia
- 20th of 30
- Rank in Copperbelt
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Phan Thiết, Vietnam
- Azare, Nigeria
- Bukhara, Uzbekistan
- Diamond Harbour, India
- Tebessa, Algeria
- Chizhou, China
In new street additions, Chingola built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Phan Thiết built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Diamond Harbour fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chingola became progressively more disconnected, while Phan Thiết grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Diamond Harbour fluctuated in connectivity.