Koudougou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Koudougou in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KoudougouCentre-Ouest (Region)Burkina Faso (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Koudougou plotted against Centre-Ouest and Burkina Faso. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Koudougou's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Koudougou ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Centre-Ouest and 14th out of 19 in Burkina Faso as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in Burkina Faso
16th of 19
Rank in Centre-Ouest
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in Burkina Faso
14th of 19
Rank in Centre-Ouest
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KoudougouRustenburgNarasapuram

While Rustenburg and Narasapuram both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Koudougou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Koudougou and Rustenburg have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.