Ohafia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ohafia in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OhafiaAbia (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ohafia plotted against Abia and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ohafia peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Abia which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ohafia's incremental SNDi fell from 5.34 to 5.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ohafia ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Abia and 301st out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.34
Rank in Nigeria
301st of 422
Rank in Abia
5th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.92
Rank in Nigeria
301st of 422
Rank in Abia
6th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OhafiaBilimoraSuratgarh

While Bilimora and Suratgarh both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ohafia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ohafia and Suratgarh have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.