Patase in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Patase in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Patase plotted against Ashanti and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Patase rose steadily, compared to Ashanti which rose steadily and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Patase's incremental SNDi rose from 5.29 to 5.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Patase ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Ashanti and 50th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.7
- Rank in Ghana
- 36th of 53
- Rank in Ashanti
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.21
- Rank in Ghana
- 50th of 53
- Rank in Ashanti
- 7th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Katol, India
- Melka Chireti, Ethiopia
- Nanzhao, China
- Jokihat, India
- Kafr Ibrash, Egypt
- Ghurian, Afghanistan
In new street additions, Patase and Katol both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jokihat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Patase and Katol both became progressively more disconnected, while Jokihat fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Patase had a more connected network than Jokihat in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.