Abat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abat in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbatAkwa Ibom (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abat plotted against Akwa Ibom and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Abat rose steadily, compared to Akwa Ibom which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abat's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 4.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abat ranked 6th out of 16 cities in Akwa Ibom and 253rd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.97
Rank in Nigeria
272nd of 422
Rank in Akwa Ibom
6th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in Nigeria
253rd of 422
Rank in Akwa Ibom
6th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Abatmyt lwsT~Huaxian

In new street additions, Abat and ميت الوسطى both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Huaxian built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Abat and ميت الوسطى both became progressively more disconnected, while Huaxian became progressively more connected. Notably, Abat had a more connected network than ميت الوسطى in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.