Pouss in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pouss in context

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PoussExtreme-Nord (Region)Cameroon (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pouss plotted against Extrême-Nord and Cameroon. While Extrême-Nord and Cameroon both rose steadily, Pouss's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Pouss's incremental SNDi rose from 1.77 to 5.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pouss ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Extrême-Nord and 18th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.69
Rank in Cameroon
32nd of 44
Rank in Extrême-Nord
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Cameroon
18th of 44
Rank in Extrême-Nord
8th of 8

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
PoussNowshera VirkanAsembagus

In new street additions, Pouss and Asembagus both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nowshera Virkan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pouss and Asembagus both became progressively more disconnected, while Nowshera Virkan fluctuated in connectivity. Pouss and Nowshera Virkan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.