Adzopé in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Adzope in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Adzopé plotted against Lagunes and Côte d'Ivoire. While Lagunes and Côte d'Ivoire both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Adzopé's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Adzopé's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 4.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Adzopé ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Lagunes and 31st out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.59
- Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
- 32nd of 39
- Rank in Lagunes
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.01
- Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
- 31st of 39
- Rank in Lagunes
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Anliu, China
- Huayin, China
- Amgaon, India
- Jangyon, North Korea
- Kefamenanu, Indonesia
- Durgapur, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Adzopé fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Anliu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Jangyon built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Adzopé became progressively more disconnected, while Anliu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Jangyon became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.