Mwinilunga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mwinilunga in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MwinilungaNorth-Western (Region)Zambia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mwinilunga plotted against North-Western and Zambia. While North-Western and Zambia both rose steadily, Mwinilunga's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Mwinilunga's incremental SNDi rose from 6.0 to 6.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mwinilunga ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in North-Western and 29th out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.57
Rank in Zambia
29th of 30
Rank in North-Western
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.01
Rank in Zambia
29th of 30
Rank in North-Western
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MwinilungaAl HidabShefaram

In new street additions, Mwinilunga built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Hidab built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Shefaram built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Mwinilunga and Shefaram both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Hidab grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.