Guéckédou 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 Guéckédou plotted against Nzérékoré and Guinea. The SNDi of new construction in Guéckédou followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Nzérékoré which rose steadily and Guinea which rose steadily. Most recently, Guéckédou's incremental SNDi rose from 3.92 to 8.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guéckédou ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Nzérékoré and 10th out of 24 in Guinea as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kyaung Kone, Myanmar
• Lowian, Indonesia
• Rioverde, México
• Tsuyama, Japan
• Lala, India
• Campo Largo, Brazil

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