Dambai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dambai plotted against Oti and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Dambai peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Oti which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dambai's incremental SNDi fell from 5.0 to 4.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dambai ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Oti and 48th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Gopalpur, India
• Hezuo, China
• 王瓜店街道, China
• Fryazino, Russia
• Shilong, China
• Baolun, China

In new street additions, Dambai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Gopalpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Fryazino built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Dambai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Gopalpur fluctuated in connectivity and Fryazino became progressively more disconnected. Dambai and Fryazino have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.