Takoradi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Takoradi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Takoradi plotted against Western and Ghana. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Takoradi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.52 to 6.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Takoradi ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Western and 44th out of 53 in Ghana as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.14
- Rank in Ghana
- 43rd of 53
- Rank in Western
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.84
- Rank in Ghana
- 44th of 53
- Rank in Western
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Pingdingshan, China
- Vellore, India
- Oslo, Norway
- Qinhuangdao, China
- Muzaffarnagar, India
- Ma'anshan, China
In new street additions, Takoradi and Qinhuangdao both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pingdingshan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Pingdingshan and Qinhuangdao both became progressively more disconnected, while Takoradi fluctuated in connectivity.