Yokadouma in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Yokadouma in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yokadouma plotted against Est and Cameroon. The SNDi of new construction in Yokadouma peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Est which rose steadily and Cameroon which rose steadily. Most recently, Yokadouma's incremental SNDi fell from 8.41 to 5.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yokadouma ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Est and 37th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.66
- Rank in Cameroon
- 31st of 44
- Rank in Est
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.43
- Rank in Cameroon
- 37th of 44
- Rank in Est
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Baliya, India
- Ibrahim Baidu, Nigeria
- Marhamat, Uzbekistan
- Al Qutaynah, Sudan
- Lauiyah Nandangarh, India
- Dekina, Nigeria
While Baliya and Al Qutaynah both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Yokadouma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Yokadouma and Al Qutaynah both became progressively more disconnected, while Baliya fluctuated in connectivity. Yokadouma and Baliya have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.