Garu: city in Upper East, Ghana
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Garu as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 0.49, which is relatively well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, -2.18, -0.08 and 2.16. Data was not available in 1975.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Garu spans a total of 34 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are nan, -2.18, -0.76 and 0.49. Data was not available in 1975.
Garu and Upper East do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Upper East peaked in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Garu fare in comparison to others in Upper East? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Garu was the 4th-most disconnected out of the 7 cities in Upper East. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Upper East, street construction in Garu has become more disconnected. Garu ranked 6th in 1976-1990, 3rd in 1991-2000 and 4th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Garu and Ghana do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Ghana rose steadily.
How do development practices in Garu fare in comparison to others in Ghana? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Garu was the 39th-most disconnected out of the 51 cities in Ghana. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Ghana, street construction in Garu has become more disconnected. Garu ranked 43rd in 1976-1990, 37th in 1991-2000 and 39th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Garu and Upper East do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Upper East rose steadily.
To date, Garu is the 6th-most disconnected out of the 7 cities in Upper East. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Garu ranked 6th in 1976-1990, 6th in 1991-2000 and 6th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
Garu and Ghana do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Ghana rose steadily.
To date, Garu is the 48th-most disconnected out of the 51 cities in Ghana. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Garu ranked 48th in 1976-1990, 49th in 1991-2000 and 48th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Garu had a built-up area of 0.48 square kilometers, and a population of 113097 people.
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