Katiola in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Katiola 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
KatiolaVallee du Bandama (Region)Cote d'Ivoire (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Katiola plotted against Vallée du Bandama and Côte d'Ivoire. The SNDi of new construction in Katiola rose steadily, compared to Vallée du Bandama 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, Katiola's incremental SNDi rose from 2.55 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Katiola ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Vallée du Bandama and 8th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
8th of 39
Rank in Vallée du Bandama
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.84
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
8th of 39
Rank in Vallée du Bandama
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KatiolaShewaTamaske Sabon Guida

In new street additions, Katiola built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shewa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tamaské Sabon Guida fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Katiola became progressively more disconnected, while Shewa fluctuated in connectivity and Tamaské Sabon Guida became progressively more connected. Katiola and Tamaské Sabon Guida have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.