Ebolowa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ebolowa plotted against Sud and Cameroon. The SNDi of new construction in Ebolowa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Sud which rose steadily and Cameroon which rose steadily. Most recently, Ebolowa's incremental SNDi rose from 5.63 to 8.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ebolowa ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Sud and 42nd out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Yadgir, India
• Barreiras, Brazil
• Dancheng, China
• Kairana, India
• Tianchang, China
• Gohana, India

In new street additions, Ebolowa and Kairana both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yadgir built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ebolowa and Kairana both became progressively more disconnected, while Yadgir became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Ebolowa and Yadgir have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.