Akim Oda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Akim Oda in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Akim OdaEastern (Region)Ghana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akim Oda plotted against Eastern and Ghana. While Eastern and Ghana both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Akim Oda's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akim Oda's incremental SNDi rose from 4.05 to 6.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akim Oda ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Eastern and 27th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.21
Rank in Ghana
44th of 53
Rank in Eastern
7th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.18
Rank in Ghana
27th of 53
Rank in Eastern
1st of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Akim OdaJi-Parana`Adan Barakah

In new street additions, Akim Oda and Ji-Paraná both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while `Adan Barakah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Akim Oda and Ji-Paraná both became progressively more disconnected, while `Adan Barakah became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Akim Oda had a more sprawly network than `Adan Barakah in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.