Ndop in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ndop in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ndop plotted against Nord-Ouest and Cameroon. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ndop's incremental SNDi rose from 3.44 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ndop ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Nord-Ouest and 20th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.65
- Rank in Cameroon
- 19th of 44
- Rank in Nord-Ouest
- 2nd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.06
- Rank in Cameroon
- 20th of 44
- Rank in Nord-Ouest
- 2nd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Новый городок, Russia
- Xinglong, China
- As Safirah, Syria
- Humanabad, India
- Makrahi, India
- Engenheiro Pedreira, Brazil
In new street additions, Ndop and Новый городок both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Humanabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ndop and Новый городок both became progressively more disconnected, while Humanabad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.