Bafia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bafia in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BafiaCentre (Region)Cameroon (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bafia plotted against Centre and Cameroon. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bafia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.85 to 4.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bafia ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Centre and 29th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.85
Rank in Cameroon
27th of 44
Rank in Centre
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.64
Rank in Cameroon
29th of 44
Rank in Centre
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BafiaAdoorJatai

In new street additions, Bafia and Jataí both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Adoor built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bafia and Jataí both became progressively more disconnected, while Adoor became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Bafia and Adoor have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.