Magburaka in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Magburaka in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MagburakaNorthern (Region)Sierra Leone (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Magburaka plotted against Northern and Sierra Leone. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Magburaka's incremental SNDi rose from 6.41 to 8.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Magburaka ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Northern and 10th out of 12 in Sierra Leone as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.66
Rank in Sierra Leone
11th of 12
Rank in Northern
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.35
Rank in Sierra Leone
10th of 12
Rank in Northern
6th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MagburakaSarai AquilLinkou

In new street additions, Magburaka built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sarai Aquil fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Linkou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Magburaka became progressively more disconnected, while Sarai Aquil fluctuated in connectivity and Linkou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Magburaka and Linkou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.