Leo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Leo in context

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LeoCentre-Ouest (Region)Burkina Faso (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Leo plotted against Centre-Ouest and Burkina Faso. The SNDi of new construction in Leo rose steadily, compared to Centre-Ouest which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Burkina Faso which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Leo's incremental SNDi rose from 1.04 to 1.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Leo ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Centre-Ouest and 1st out of 19 in Burkina Faso as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.05
Rank in Burkina Faso
1st of 19
Rank in Centre-Ouest
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.04
Rank in Burkina Faso
1st of 19
Rank in Centre-Ouest
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LeoMakambakoTromso

In new street additions, Leo built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Makambako fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tromsø fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Leo and Makambako both became progressively more disconnected, while Tromsø fluctuated in connectivity. Leo and Makambako have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.