Bata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bata in context

4.85.66.47.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.85.66.47.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BataLitoral (Region)Equatorial Guinea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bata plotted against Litoral and Equatorial Guinea. The SNDi of new construction in Bata rose steadily, compared to Litoral which rose steadily and Equatorial Guinea which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Bata's incremental SNDi rose from 6.55 to 7.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bata ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Litoral and 2nd out of 2 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.1
Rank in Equatorial Guinea
2nd of 2
Rank in Litoral
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.41
Rank in Equatorial Guinea
2nd of 2
Rank in Litoral
1st of 1

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
BataBrestHat Yai

In new street additions, Bata and Hat Yai both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Brest fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bata and Hat Yai both became progressively more disconnected, while Brest became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.