Badokwa 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 Badokwa plotted against Bangui and Central African Republic. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Badokwa's incremental SNDi fell from 7.54 to 4.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Badokwa ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Bangui and 7th out of 7 in Central African Republic as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Zamość, Poland
• Chengjiang, China
• Chinnalapatti, India
• Bhadgaon, India
• Dali, China
• Yengisar, China

In new street additions, Badokwa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Zamość built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bhadgaon built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Badokwa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Zamość became progressively more disconnected and Bhadgaon became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.