Ganta in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ganta in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ganta plotted against Nimba and Liberia. The SNDi of new construction in Ganta rose steadily, compared to Nimba which rose steadily and Liberia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ganta's incremental SNDi rose from 5.47 to 6.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ganta ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Nimba and 6th out of 9 in Liberia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.9
- Rank in Liberia
- 6th of 9
- Rank in Nimba
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.07
- Rank in Liberia
- 6th of 9
- Rank in Nimba
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Al-Midaina, Iraq
- Inowrocław, Poland
- Kwail, North Korea
- St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Papanasam, India
- Pokrovsk, Ukraine
In new street additions, Ganta and St. Gallen both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al-Midaina fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ganta and St. Gallen both became progressively more disconnected, while Al-Midaina fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Ganta had a more connected network than Al-Midaina in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.