Tabligbo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tabligbo in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TabligboMaritime (Region)Togo (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tabligbo plotted against Maritime and Togo. The SNDi of new construction in Tabligbo rose steadily, 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, Tabligbo's incremental SNDi rose from 1.67 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tabligbo ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Maritime and 3rd out of 17 in Togo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in Togo
7th of 17
Rank in Maritime
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.96
Rank in Togo
3rd of 17
Rank in Maritime
1st of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TabligboBelchatowJeremie

In new street additions, Tabligbo and Jérémie both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bełchatów built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tabligbo and Bełchatów have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.