Hohoe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hohoe in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HohoeVolta (Region)Ghana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hohoe plotted against Volta and Ghana. The SNDi of new construction in Hohoe rose steadily, compared to Volta which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ghana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hohoe's incremental SNDi rose from 5.62 to 6.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hohoe ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Volta and 47th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.08
Rank in Ghana
42nd of 53
Rank in Volta
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.98
Rank in Ghana
47th of 53
Rank in Volta
6th of 6

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
Hohoead-DamerXinxing

While ad-Damer and Xinxing both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Hohoe built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Hohoe and Xinxing both became progressively more disconnected, while ad-Damer grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Hohoe and ad-Damer have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.