Akakopé 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 Akakopé plotted against Maritime and Togo. The SNDi of new construction in Akakopé peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Maritime which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Togo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akakopé's incremental SNDi fell from 2.31 to 1.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akakopé ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Maritime and 4th out of 17 in Togo as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Barara, India
• Norwalk, United States
• Dongam, India
• Mango, Togo
• Fier, Albania
• Halabja, Iraq

While Barara and Mango both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Akakopé built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Akakopé grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Barara became progressively more disconnected and Mango fluctuated in connectivity. Akakopé and Barara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.