Mamfe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mamfe in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MamfeSud-Ouest (Region)Cameroon (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mamfe plotted against Sud-Ouest and Cameroon. While Sud-Ouest and Cameroon both rose steadily, Mamfe's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Mamfe's incremental SNDi rose from 5.61 to 7.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mamfe ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Sud-Ouest and 35th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.02
Rank in Cameroon
36th of 44
Rank in Sud-Ouest
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.37
Rank in Cameroon
35th of 44
Rank in Sud-Ouest
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MamfeAtayeFianga

In new street additions, Mamfe and Ataye both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fianga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mamfe and Ataye both became progressively more disconnected, while Fianga grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Mamfe and Ataye have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.