Savelugu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Savelugu in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Savelugu plotted against Northern and Ghana. While Northern and Ghana both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Savelugu's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Savelugu's incremental SNDi rose from 1.49 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Savelugu ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Northern and 4th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Ghana
5th of 53
Rank in Northern
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.75
Rank in Ghana
4th of 53
Rank in Northern
2nd of 5

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
SaveluguJuninKathara

In new street additions, Savelugu and Junín both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kathara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Savelugu and Junín both became progressively more disconnected, while Kathara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Savelugu and Junín have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.