Ngaoundal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ngaoundal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ngaoundal plotted against Adamaoua and Cameroon. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ngaoundal's incremental SNDi rose from 4.58 to 9.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ngaoundal ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Adamaoua and 36th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.24
- Rank in Cameroon
- 44th of 44
- Rank in Adamaoua
- 5th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.42
- Rank in Cameroon
- 36th of 44
- Rank in Adamaoua
- 5th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ngaoundal built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Balapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Koboko built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ngaoundal became progressively more disconnected, while Balapur fluctuated in connectivity and Koboko became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Ngaoundal had a more connected network than Balapur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.