Mango in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mango in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MangoSavanes (Region)Togo (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mango plotted against Savanes and Togo. While Savanes and Togo both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Mango's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mango's incremental SNDi rose from 1.75 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mango ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Savanes and 1st out of 17 in Togo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Togo
1st of 17
Rank in Savanes
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in Togo
1st of 17
Rank in Savanes
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MangoAkakopeFier

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