Mayahi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mayahi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mayahi plotted against Maradi and Niger. While Maradi and Niger both rose steadily, Mayahi's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Mayahi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.45 to 1.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mayahi ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Maradi and 12th out of 33 in Niger as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in Niger
- 9th of 33
- Rank in Maradi
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.47
- Rank in Niger
- 12th of 33
- Rank in Maradi
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Mayahi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khushkhera fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Rustam built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Mayahi became progressively more disconnected, while Khushkhera fluctuated in connectivity and Rustam fluctuated in connectivity.