Moundou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Moundou in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MoundouLogone Occidental (Region)Chad (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moundou plotted against Logone Occidental and Chad. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Moundou's incremental SNDi rose from 1.48 to 2.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moundou ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Logone Occidental and 6th out of 31 in Chad as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Chad
15th of 31
Rank in Logone Occidental
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.21
Rank in Chad
6th of 31
Rank in Logone Occidental
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MoundouHainingBalotra

While Haining and Balotra both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Moundou built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Moundou and Haining have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.