Comè in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Come in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ComeMono (Region)Benin (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Comè plotted against Mono and Benin. The SNDi of new construction in Comè rose steadily, compared to Mono which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Benin which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Comè's incremental SNDi rose from 1.76 to 3.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Comè ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Mono and 6th out of 24 in Benin as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in Benin
19th of 24
Rank in Mono
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.96
Rank in Benin
6th of 24
Rank in Mono
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ComeIbizaTafas

In new street additions, Comè built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ibiza fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tafas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Comè became progressively more disconnected, while Ibiza fluctuated in connectivity and Tafas grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Comè had a more connected network than Tafas in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.