Natitingou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Natitingou in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NatitingouAtakora (Region)Benin (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Natitingou plotted against Atakora and Benin. The SNDi of new construction in Natitingou rose steadily, compared to Atakora which rose steadily and Benin which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Natitingou's incremental SNDi rose from 3.35 to 4.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Natitingou ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Atakora and 22nd out of 24 in Benin as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.37
Rank in Benin
24th of 24
Rank in Atakora
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in Benin
22nd of 24
Rank in Atakora
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NatitingouGeoraiYangyuan

In new street additions, Natitingou and Georai both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yangyuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Natitingou and Georai both became progressively more disconnected, while Yangyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Natitingou and Yangyuan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.