Lundazi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lundazi in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LundaziEastern (Region)Zambia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lundazi plotted against Eastern and Zambia. The SNDi of new construction in Lundazi followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Eastern which rose steadily and Zambia which rose steadily. Most recently, Lundazi's incremental SNDi fell from 3.05 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lundazi ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Eastern and 14th out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Zambia
11th of 30
Rank in Eastern
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in Zambia
14th of 30
Rank in Eastern
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LundaziKaracabeyChiure-Sede

In new street additions, Lundazi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Karacabey built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chiure-Sede built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Lundazi and Chiure-Sede both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Karacabey became progressively more disconnected.