Abengourou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abengourou in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbengourouComoe (Region)Cote d'Ivoire (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abengourou plotted against Comoé and Côte d'Ivoire. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Abengourou's incremental SNDi rose from 2.85 to 4.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abengourou ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Comoé and 14th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.57
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
31st of 39
Rank in Comoé
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
14th of 39
Rank in Comoé
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbengourouDrexel HeightsOkposi

In new street additions, Abengourou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Drexel Heights built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Okposi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.