Abak in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Abak in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abak plotted against Akwa Ibom and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Abak rose steadily, compared to Akwa Ibom which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abak's incremental SNDi rose from 5.17 to 5.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abak ranked 12th out of 16 cities in Akwa Ibom and 360th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.95
- Rank in Nigeria
- 344th of 422
- Rank in Akwa Ibom
- 10th of 16
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.7
- Rank in Nigeria
- 360th of 422
- Rank in Akwa Ibom
- 12th of 16
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mubarakpur, India
- Apartadó, Colombia
- Gimpo, South Korea
- Ketapang, Indonesia
- Sakhakot, Pakistan
- Purwodadi, Indonesia
In new street additions, Abak and Ketapang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mubarakpur built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Abak and Ketapang both became progressively more disconnected, while Mubarakpur became progressively more connected. Notably, Abak had a more connected network than Ketapang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.