Ikot Ide 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 Ikot Ide plotted against Akwa Ibom and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ikot Ide followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Akwa Ibom which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ikot Ide's incremental SNDi fell from 3.27 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ikot Ide ranked 7th out of 16 cities in Akwa Ibom and 264th 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?

• The underground border, Iraq
• Tindji, Benin
• Sirte, Libya
• Wamaza, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Tinglin, China
• Banī Ḩallah, Egypt

In new street additions, Ikot Ide and The underground border both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wamaza fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ikot Ide and The underground border both became progressively more connected, while Wamaza became progressively more connected. Ikot Ide and The underground border have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.