Bununu Dass in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bununu Dass in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bununu DassBauchi (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bununu Dass plotted against Bauchi and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Bununu Dass peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Bauchi which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bununu Dass's incremental SNDi fell from 3.89 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bununu Dass ranked 6th out of 13 cities in Bauchi and 127th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Nigeria
163rd of 422
Rank in Bauchi
9th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in Nigeria
127th of 422
Rank in Bauchi
6th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bununu DassBebedouroParacatu

In new street additions, Bununu Dass built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bebedouro fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Paracatu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bununu Dass and Bebedouro both became progressively more disconnected, while Paracatu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Bununu Dass had a more connected network than Paracatu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.