Agona Swedru in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Agona Swedru in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Agona SwedruCentral (Region)Ghana (Country)

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?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Agona SwedruMekiRudong

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.