Azare in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Azare in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AzareBauchi (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Azare plotted against Bauchi and Nigeria. While Bauchi and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Azare's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Azare's incremental SNDi rose from 1.83 to 2.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Azare ranked 2nd out of 13 cities in Bauchi and 71st out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in Nigeria
69th of 422
Rank in Bauchi
3rd of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.93
Rank in Nigeria
71st of 422
Rank in Bauchi
2nd of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AzareBukharaPhan Thiet

In new street additions, Azare fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bukhara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Phan Thiết built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Azare became progressively more disconnected, while Bukhara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Phan Thiết grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Azare and Bukhara have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.