Dori in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dori in context

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DoriSahel (Region)Burkina Faso (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dori plotted against Sahel and Burkina Faso. While Sahel and Burkina Faso both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Dori's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dori's incremental SNDi rose from 1.69 to 2.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dori ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Sahel and 11th out of 19 in Burkina Faso as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.32
Rank in Burkina Faso
13th of 19
Rank in Sahel
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.89
Rank in Burkina Faso
11th of 19
Rank in Sahel
1st of 2

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
DoriHoringerKedawang

In new street additions, Dori and Horinger both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kedawang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Dori became progressively more disconnected, while Horinger fluctuated in connectivity and Kedawang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.