Buea in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Buea in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BueaSud-Ouest (Region)Cameroon (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Buea plotted against Sud-Ouest and Cameroon. While Sud-Ouest and Cameroon both rose steadily, Buea's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Buea's incremental SNDi rose from 3.26 to 3.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buea ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Sud-Ouest and 21st out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.53
Rank in Cameroon
18th of 44
Rank in Sud-Ouest
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.11
Rank in Cameroon
21st of 44
Rank in Sud-Ouest
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BueaMocubaCriciuma

In new street additions, Buea and Mocuba both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Criciúma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.