Gushiegu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gushiegu in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GushieguNorthern (Region)Ghana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gushiegu plotted against Northern and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Gushiegu peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Northern which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gushiegu's incremental SNDi fell from 1.08 to 1.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gushiegu ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Northern and 1st out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.0
Rank in Ghana
1st of 53
Rank in Northern
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.03
Rank in Ghana
1st of 53
Rank in Northern
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GushieguBeheaBwamanda

In new street additions, Gushiegu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Behea built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bwamanda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Gushiegu and Behea both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bwamanda became progressively more disconnected.