Dormaa Ahenkro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dormaa Ahenkro in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dormaa Ahenkro plotted against Bono and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Dormaa Ahenkro rose steadily, compared to Bono which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dormaa Ahenkro's incremental SNDi rose from 3.67 to 5.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dormaa Ahenkro ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Bono and 26th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.42
Rank in Ghana
32nd of 53
Rank in Bono
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in Ghana
26th of 53
Rank in Bono
4th of 4

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
Dormaa AhenkroLingxiOstend

In new street additions, Dormaa Ahenkro and Ostend both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lingxi built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Dormaa Ahenkro and Ostend both became progressively more disconnected, while Lingxi became progressively more connected. Dormaa Ahenkro and Lingxi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.