Atebubu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Atebubu in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Atebubu plotted against Bono East and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Atebubu rose steadily, compared to Bono East which rose steadily and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Atebubu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.13 to 2.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Atebubu ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Bono East and 8th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Ghana
3rd of 53
Rank in Bono East
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Ghana
8th of 53
Rank in Bono East
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AtebubuTrincomaleeRivas-Vaciamadrid

In new street additions, Atebubu built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Trincomalee fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Rivas-Vaciamadrid built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Atebubu and Trincomalee both became progressively more disconnected, while Rivas-Vaciamadrid became progressively more connected. Atebubu and Rivas-Vaciamadrid have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.