Fada N'Gourma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fada N'Gourma in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fada N'GourmaEst (Region)Burkina Faso (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fada N'Gourma plotted against Est and Burkina Faso. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fada N'Gourma's incremental SNDi rose from 2.32 to 4.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fada N'Gourma ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Est and 15th out of 19 in Burkina Faso as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.19
Rank in Burkina Faso
19th of 19
Rank in Est
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Burkina Faso
15th of 19
Rank in Est
1st of 1

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
Fada N'GourmaHuaijiDipolog

In new street additions, Huaiji and Dipolog both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fada N'Gourma fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Fada N'Gourma had a more connected network than Huaiji in 1975, but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.