Kpalimé in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kpalime in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kpalimé plotted against Plateaux and Togo. The SNDi of new construction in Kpalimé rose steadily, compared to Plateaux which rose steadily and Togo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kpalimé's incremental SNDi rose from 2.12 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kpalimé ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Plateaux and 7th out of 17 in Togo as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.48
- Rank in Togo
- 12th of 17
- Rank in Plateaux
- 1st of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.27
- Rank in Togo
- 7th of 17
- Rank in Plateaux
- 1st of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kpalimé built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zeralda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Yuanling built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kpalimé and Yuanling both became progressively more disconnected, while Zeralda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kpalimé and Yuanling have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.