Uturu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Uturu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Uturu plotted against Abia and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Uturu rose steadily, compared to Abia which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Uturu's incremental SNDi rose from 5.73 to 6.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Uturu ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Abia and 371st out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.14
- Rank in Nigeria
- 356th of 422
- Rank in Abia
- 9th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.95
- Rank in Nigeria
- 371st of 422
- Rank in Abia
- 9th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Conselheiro Paulino, Brazil
- Trindade, Brazil
- Tochigi, Japan
- Molfetta, Italy
- Kaliabor, India
- Ramdurg, India
Uturu, Conselheiro Paulino, and Molfetta all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Uturu and Conselheiro Paulino have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.