Diégonéfla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Diegonefla in context

1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DiegoneflaGoh-Djiboua (Region)Cote d'Ivoire (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Diégonéfla plotted against Gôh-Djiboua and Côte d'Ivoire. The SNDi of new construction in Diégonéfla rose steadily, compared to Gôh-Djiboua which rose steadily and Côte d'Ivoire which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Diégonéfla's incremental SNDi rose from 3.49 to 4.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Diégonéfla ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Gôh-Djiboua and 24th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.49
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
28th of 39
Rank in Gôh-Djiboua
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
24th of 39
Rank in Gôh-Djiboua
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DiegoneflaRuyuanMahuawa

In new street additions, Diégonéfla built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ruyuan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mahuawa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Diégonéfla became progressively more disconnected, while Ruyuan fluctuated in connectivity and Mahuawa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Diégonéfla had a more connected network than Ruyuan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.