Konongo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Konongo in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KonongoAshanti (Region)Ghana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Konongo plotted against Ashanti and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Konongo rose steadily, compared to Ashanti which rose steadily and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Konongo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.38 to 4.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Konongo ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Ashanti and 20th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.56
Rank in Ghana
25th of 53
Rank in Ashanti
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.33
Rank in Ghana
20th of 53
Rank in Ashanti
2nd of 7

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
KonongoKadiivkaNowy Sacz

In new street additions, Konongo and Nowy Sącz both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kadiivka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Konongo had a more connected network than Nowy Sącz in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.