Yamoussoukro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yamoussoukro in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YamoussoukroCote d'Ivoire (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yamoussoukro plotted against Côte d'Ivoire. The SNDi of new construction in Yamoussoukro rose steadily, while Côte d'Ivoire followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yamoussoukro's incremental SNDi rose from 2.37 to 3.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yamoussoukro ranked 11th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.53
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
20th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
11th of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YamoussoukroOreShahe

In new street additions, Yamoussoukro and Ore both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shahe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Yamoussoukro and Ore both became progressively more disconnected, while Shahe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Yamoussoukro and Ore have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.