Misau in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Misau in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MisauBauchi (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Misau plotted against Bauchi and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Misau rose steadily, compared to Bauchi which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Misau's incremental SNDi rose from 2.1 to 2.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Misau ranked 4th out of 13 cities in Bauchi and 87th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.43
Rank in Nigeria
74th of 422
Rank in Bauchi
4th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Nigeria
87th of 422
Rank in Bauchi
4th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MisauKawm OmboAr Ramtha

In new street additions, Misau and Kawm Ombo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ar Ramtha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.