Donkorkrom in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Donkorkrom in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Donkorkrom plotted against Eastern and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Donkorkrom rose steadily, compared to Eastern which rose steadily and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Donkorkrom's incremental SNDi rose from 5.98 to 6.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Donkorkrom ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Eastern and 43rd out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.04
- Rank in Ghana
- 40th of 53
- Rank in Eastern
- 5th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.84
- Rank in Ghana
- 43rd of 53
- Rank in Eastern
- 7th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Donkorkrom and Khomein both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jize built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Donkorkrom and Khomein both became progressively more disconnected, while Jize grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Donkorkrom and Jize have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.