Sévaré in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sevare in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sévaré plotted against Mopti and Mali. The SNDi of new construction in Sévaré was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Mopti which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Mali which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sévaré's incremental SNDi rose from 1.53 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sévaré ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Mopti and 11th out of 22 in Mali as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.91
- Rank in Mali
- 7th of 22
- Rank in Mopti
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.71
- Rank in Mali
- 11th of 22
- Rank in Mopti
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While 石上村 and Palwancha both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Sévaré built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Sévaré became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while 石上村 fluctuated in connectivity and Palwancha became progressively more disconnected. Sévaré and Palwancha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.