Daoukro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Daoukro in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DaoukroLacs (Region)Cote d'Ivoire (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Daoukro plotted against Lacs and Côte d'Ivoire. While Lacs and Côte d'Ivoire both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Daoukro's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Daoukro's incremental SNDi rose from 1.77 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Daoukro ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Lacs and 9th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
16th of 39
Rank in Lacs
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
9th of 39
Rank in Lacs
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Daoukro13-i mikroraionAin Taoujdate

In new street additions, Daoukro and 13-й микрорайон both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ain Taoujdate built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, 13-й микрорайон and Ain Taoujdate both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Daoukro became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Daoukro had a more connected network than Ain Taoujdate in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.