Kintampo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kintampo in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KintampoBono East (Region)Ghana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kintampo plotted against Bono East and Ghana. While Bono East and Ghana both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kintampo's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kintampo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.96 to 3.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kintampo ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Bono East and 18th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in Ghana
17th of 53
Rank in Bono East
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in Ghana
18th of 53
Rank in Bono East
4th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kintampo`Adan BarakahMandeville

In new street additions, Kintampo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while `Adan Barakah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mandeville built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kintampo and Mandeville both became progressively more disconnected, while `Adan Barakah became progressively more disconnected. Kintampo and `Adan Barakah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.