Boundiali in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Boundiali 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
BoundialiSavanes (Region)Cote d'Ivoire (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Boundiali plotted against Savanes and Côte d'Ivoire. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Boundiali's incremental SNDi rose from 1.72 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Boundiali ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Savanes and 5th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
3rd of 39
Rank in Savanes
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
5th of 39
Rank in Savanes
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

061218<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
061218<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BoundialiMualaJalaquduq

In new street additions, Boundiali and Jalaquduq both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Muala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Boundiali fluctuated in connectivity, while Muala fluctuated in connectivity and Jalaquduq became progressively more disconnected.