Katete in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Katete plotted against Eastern and Zambia. The SNDi of new construction in Katete fell steadily, compared to Eastern which rose steadily and Zambia which rose steadily. Most recently, Katete's incremental SNDi fell from 1.86 to 1.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Katete ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Eastern and 2nd out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Quinindé, Ecuador
• Brabanta, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Loei, Thailand
• Xicotepec de Juárez, México
• Shamakhi, Azerbaijan
• Gwandu, Nigeria

In new street additions, Katete built increasingly connected streets over time, while Quinindé built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Xicotepec de Juárez built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Katete became progressively more connected, while Quinindé grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Xicotepec de Juárez became progressively more disconnected. Katete and Xicotepec de Juárez have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.