Médina Gounass 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 Médina Gounass plotted against Kolda and Senegal. The SNDi of new construction in Médina Gounass was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Kolda which peaked in 1976-1990 and Senegal which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Médina Gounass's incremental SNDi rose from 1.02 to 1.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Médina Gounass ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Kolda and 6th out of 25 in Senegal as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Khaki, Afghanistan
• Escada, Brazil
• Ramhormoz, Iran
• Zhouquan, China
• Saatli, Azerbaijan
• Idama, Nigeria

While Khaki and Zhouquan both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Médina Gounass built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Médina Gounass and Khaki both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Zhouquan became progressively more connected.