Okoroete in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Okoroete in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OkoroeteAkwa Ibom (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Okoroete plotted against Akwa Ibom and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Okoroete peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Akwa Ibom which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Okoroete's incremental SNDi fell from 12.99 to 8.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Okoroete ranked 14th out of 16 cities in Akwa Ibom and 411th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.31
Rank in Nigeria
398th of 422
Rank in Akwa Ibom
13th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.55
Rank in Nigeria
411th of 422
Rank in Akwa Ibom
14th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OkoroeteSabuwar AbujaDushanzi

In new street additions, Okoroete built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sabuwar Abuja fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dushanzi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Okoroete became progressively more disconnected, while Sabuwar Abuja became progressively more connected and Dushanzi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Okoroete and Sabuwar Abuja have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.