Nkoranza in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nkoranza in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NkoranzaBono East (Region)Ghana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nkoranza plotted against Bono East and Ghana. While Bono East and Ghana both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Nkoranza's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nkoranza's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 2.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nkoranza ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Bono East and 9th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in Ghana
6th of 53
Rank in Bono East
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Ghana
9th of 53
Rank in Bono East
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NkoranzaLinkouNohar

In new street additions, Nkoranza fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Linkou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Nohar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Nkoranza fluctuated in connectivity, while Linkou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Nohar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Nkoranza and Nohar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.