Agona Swedru in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Agona Swedru in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Agona Swedru plotted against Central and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Agona Swedru rose steadily, compared to Central which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Agona Swedru's incremental SNDi rose from 4.34 to 6.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Agona Swedru ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Central and 41st out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.66
- Rank in Ghana
- 50th of 53
- Rank in Central
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.7
- Rank in Ghana
- 41st of 53
- Rank in Central
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Meki and Rudong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Agona Swedru built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Agona Swedru and Rudong both became progressively more disconnected, while Meki fluctuated in connectivity. Agona Swedru and Rudong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.