Dunkwa-on-Offin in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dunkwa-on-Offin in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dunkwa-on-Offin plotted against Central and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Dunkwa-on-Offin 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, Dunkwa-on-Offin's incremental SNDi rose from 4.78 to 6.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dunkwa-on-Offin ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Central and 40th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.23
- Rank in Ghana
- 45th of 53
- Rank in Central
- 4th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.64
- Rank in Ghana
- 40th of 53
- Rank in Central
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Thippanampatti, India
- Binga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Alexandrov, Russia
- Arga Makmur, Indonesia
- Rossosh, Russia
- Ryongampho-rodongjagu, North Korea
In new street additions, Dunkwa-on-Offin and Thippanampatti both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Arga Makmur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Dunkwa-on-Offin and Thippanampatti have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.