Monze in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Monze 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
MonzeSouthern (Region)Zambia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Monze plotted against Southern and Zambia. The SNDi of new construction in Monze followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Southern which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Zambia which rose steadily. Most recently, Monze's incremental SNDi rose from 2.25 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Monze ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Southern and 7th out of 30 in Zambia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Zambia
9th of 30
Rank in Southern
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Zambia
7th of 30
Rank in Southern
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MonzePitalitoMandurah

In new street additions, Monze and Pitalito both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mandurah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Monze became progressively more disconnected, while Pitalito fluctuated in connectivity and Mandurah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.