Maya Belwa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maya Belwa plotted against Adamawa and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Maya Belwa peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Adamawa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Maya Belwa's incremental SNDi fell from 1.89 to 1.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maya Belwa ranked 1st out of 11 cities in Adamawa and 28th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Redcliffe, Australia
• Świdnica, Poland
• Ouangolodougou, Côte d'Ivoire
• Elizabeth North, Australia
• Simpang Ampat, Malaysia
• Agnibilékrou, Côte d'Ivoire

Maya Belwa, Redcliffe, and Elizabeth North all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Redcliffe and Elizabeth North both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Maya Belwa became progressively more disconnected.