Sinfra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sinfra in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SinfraSassandra-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 Sinfra plotted against Sassandra-Marahoué and Côte d'Ivoire. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sinfra's incremental SNDi rose from 1.64 to 2.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sinfra ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Sassandra-Marahoué and 7th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
5th of 39
Rank in Sassandra-Marahoué
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.84
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
7th of 39
Rank in Sassandra-Marahoué
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0102030<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0102030<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SinfraNarwanaKaramile

In new street additions, Sinfra and Karamile both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Narwana built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sinfra and Narwana have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.