Odumase in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Odumase in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Odumase plotted against Eastern and Ghana. While Eastern and Ghana both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Odumase's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Odumase's incremental SNDi rose from 4.12 to 5.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Odumase ranked 4th out of 9 cities in Eastern and 35th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.51
- Rank in Ghana
- 33rd of 53
- Rank in Eastern
- 2nd of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.44
- Rank in Ghana
- 35th of 53
- Rank in Eastern
- 4th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sheikhpura, India
- Samangan, Afghanistan
- Tongjiang County, China
- Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia
- Tarn Taran Sahib, India
- Daharki, Pakistan
In new street additions, Odumase and Pangkalan Bun both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sheikhpura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Odumase and Pangkalan Bun both became progressively more disconnected, while Sheikhpura became progressively more connected. Notably, Odumase had a more connected network than Sheikhpura in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.