Tibati in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tibati plotted against Adamaoua and Cameroon. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tibati's incremental SNDi rose from 1.39 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tibati ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Adamaoua and 3rd out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Asadabad, Afghanistan
• Mount Annan, Australia
• Xiangshan, China
• Fort Pierce, United States
• Nzega, Tanzania
• Beitar Ilit, Palestine

In new street additions, Tibati built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Asadabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Fort Pierce built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Tibati and Fort Pierce both became progressively more disconnected, while Asadabad became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Tibati and Asadabad have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.