Mbouda in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mbouda in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mbouda plotted against Ouest and Cameroon. The SNDi of new construction in Mbouda followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ouest which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Cameroon which rose steadily. Most recently, Mbouda's incremental SNDi rose from 3.97 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mbouda ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Ouest and 15th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.18
- Rank in Cameroon
- 26th of 44
- Rank in Ouest
- 4th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.89
- Rank in Cameroon
- 15th of 44
- Rank in Ouest
- 1st of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Jaboticabal, Brazil
- Tariasujan, India
- Kluwut, Indonesia
- Puerto Maldonado, Peru
- Bhalki, India
- As Safirah, Syria
In new street additions, Mbouda and Puerto Maldonado both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jaboticabal built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.