Oumé in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Oume in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oumé plotted against Gôh-Djiboua and Côte d'Ivoire. The SNDi of new construction in Oumé peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Gôh-Djiboua which rose steadily and Côte d'Ivoire which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Oumé's incremental SNDi fell from 3.11 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oumé ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Gôh-Djiboua and 4th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.81
- Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
- 7th of 39
- Rank in Gôh-Djiboua
- 1st of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.75
- Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
- 4th of 39
- Rank in Gôh-Djiboua
- 1st of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ukunda, Kenya
- Midelt, Morocco
- Zaranj, Afghanistan
- Unguwar Fari, Nigeria
- Panama City, United States
- Mehari, Bangladesh
Oumé, Ukunda, and Unguwar Fari all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street construction. For the full network, Oumé and Ukunda both became progressively more disconnected, while Unguwar Fari became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Oumé and Ukunda have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.