Bafoussam in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bafoussam in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bafoussam plotted against Ouest and Cameroon. The SNDi of new construction in Bafoussam followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ouest which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Cameroon which rose steadily. Most recently, Bafoussam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.97 to 5.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bafoussam ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Ouest and 28th out of 44 in Cameroon as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.3
- Rank in Cameroon
- 30th of 44
- Rank in Ouest
- 5th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.35
- Rank in Cameroon
- 28th of 44
- Rank in Ouest
- 4th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Tambov and Szczecin both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bafoussam fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bafoussam and Tambov have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.