Windhoek in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Windhoek in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WindhoekKhomas (Region)Namibia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Windhoek plotted against Khomas and Namibia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Windhoek's incremental SNDi fell from 3.73 to 3.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Windhoek ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Khomas and 4th out of 4 in Namibia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in Namibia
3rd of 4
Rank in Khomas
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in Namibia
4th of 4
Rank in Khomas
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WindhoekFrancisco MoratoDahod

In new street additions, Francisco Morato and Dahod both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Windhoek built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Windhoek and Francisco Morato have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.