Dschang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dschang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dschang plotted against Ouest and Cameroon. The SNDi of new construction in Dschang peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Ouest which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Cameroon which rose steadily. Most recently, Dschang's incremental SNDi fell from 4.72 to 4.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dschang ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Ouest and 31st out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.17
- Rank in Cameroon
- 25th of 44
- Rank in Ouest
- 3rd of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.04
- Rank in Cameroon
- 31st of 44
- Rank in Ouest
- 5th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mahendragarh, India
- Suwałki, Poland
- Hisua, India
- Manchester, United States
- Mechelen, Belgium
- Yuanqiao, China
In new street additions, Dschang and Mahendragarh both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Manchester built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Dschang and Manchester have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.