Ikot Aba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ikot Aba in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ikot AbaAkwa Ibom (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ikot Aba plotted against Akwa Ibom and Nigeria. While Akwa Ibom and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ikot Aba's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ikot Aba's incremental SNDi rose from 4.97 to 9.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ikot Aba ranked 11th out of 16 cities in Akwa Ibom and 353rd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.24
Rank in Nigeria
406th of 422
Rank in Akwa Ibom
15th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.6
Rank in Nigeria
353rd of 422
Rank in Akwa Ibom
11th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ikot AbaKaghaznagarLongxian

Ikot Aba, Kaghaznagar, and Longxian all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Ikot Aba and Kaghaznagar both became progressively more disconnected, while Longxian fluctuated in connectivity. Ikot Aba and Longxian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.