Moroni in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Moroni in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MoroniNjazidja (Region)Comoros (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moroni plotted against Njazídja and Comoros. The SNDi of new construction in Moroni rose steadily, compared to Njazídja which rose steadily and Comoros which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Moroni's incremental SNDi rose from 6.33 to 6.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moroni ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Njazídja and 2nd out of 2 in Comoros as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.46
Rank in Comoros
2nd of 2
Rank in Njazídja
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in Comoros
2nd of 2
Rank in Njazídja
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MoroniLanckhulSwansea

In new street additions, Moroni built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lanckhul fluctuated in street-construction patterns and Swansea built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Moroni and Swansea both became progressively more disconnected, while Lanckhul fluctuated in connectivity. Moroni and Swansea have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.