Nkawkaw in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nkawkaw in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nkawkaw plotted against Eastern and Ghana. While Eastern and Ghana both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Nkawkaw's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nkawkaw's incremental SNDi rose from 5.0 to 6.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nkawkaw ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Eastern and 45th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.54
Rank in Ghana
48th of 53
Rank in Eastern
8th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.9
Rank in Ghana
45th of 53
Rank in Eastern
8th of 9

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
NkawkawKenoshaSattenapalle

While Kenosha and Sattenapalle both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Nkawkaw fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Nkawkaw and Kenosha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.