Bouaflé in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bouafle in context

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
BouafleSassandra-Marahoue (Region)Cote d'Ivoire (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bouaflé plotted against Sassandra-Marahoué and Côte d'Ivoire. The SNDi of new construction in Bouaflé rose steadily, compared to Sassandra-Marahoué which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Côte d'Ivoire which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bouaflé's incremental SNDi rose from 3.14 to 4.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bouaflé ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Sassandra-Marahoué and 19th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.05
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
25th of 39
Rank in Sassandra-Marahoué
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
19th of 39
Rank in Sassandra-Marahoué
6th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BouafleJoloSheiria

In new street additions, Bouaflé built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jolo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sheiria fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bouaflé and Jolo both became progressively more disconnected, while Sheiria fluctuated in connectivity. Bouaflé and Sheiria have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.