Yagoua in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yagoua in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yagoua plotted against Extrême-Nord and Cameroon. The SNDi of new construction in Yagoua followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Extrême-Nord which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Cameroon which rose steadily. Most recently, Yagoua's incremental SNDi rose from 1.37 to 1.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yagoua ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Extrême-Nord and 2nd out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.97
Rank in Cameroon
2nd of 44
Rank in Extrême-Nord
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.49
Rank in Cameroon
2nd of 44
Rank in Extrême-Nord
2nd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YagouaWeixinSinkat

In new street additions, Yagoua and Sinkāt both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Weixin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Yagoua and Sinkāt both fluctuated in connectivity, while Weixin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Yagoua and Weixin have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.