Bamenda in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bamenda in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bamenda plotted against Nord-Ouest and Cameroon. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bamenda's incremental SNDi rose from 5.0 to 5.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bamenda ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Nord-Ouest and 38th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.7
- Rank in Cameroon
- 33rd of 44
- Rank in Nord-Ouest
- 3rd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.46
- Rank in Cameroon
- 38th of 44
- Rank in Nord-Ouest
- 3rd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Buenaventura, Colombia
- Qingzhou, China
- Provo, United States
- Memphis, United States
- Coventry, United Kingdom
- Tangail, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Bamenda built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Buenaventura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Memphis built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bamenda and Memphis both became progressively more disconnected, while Buenaventura grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Bamenda and Buenaventura have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.