Bondoukou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bondoukou 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
BondoukouZanzan (Region)Cote d'Ivoire (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bondoukou plotted against Zanzan and Côte d'Ivoire. While Zanzan and Côte d'Ivoire both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Bondoukou's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bondoukou's incremental SNDi rose from 2.16 to 3.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bondoukou ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Zanzan and 12th out of 39 in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.14
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
12th of 39
Rank in Zanzan
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
12th of 39
Rank in Zanzan
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BondoukouMadanpurSishui

In new street additions, Bondoukou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Madanpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sishui built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.