Ekeremor 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 Ekeremor plotted against Bayelsa and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ekeremor was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Bayelsa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ekeremor's incremental SNDi rose from 9.43 to 9.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ekeremor ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Bayelsa and 418th 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?

• Schenectady, United States
• Caaguazú, Paraguay
• Dos Hermanas, Spain
• Tegal Rejo, Indonesia
• Lubuk Pakam, Indonesia
• Igwuruta, Nigeria

While Schenectady and Tegal Rejo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ekeremor built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Schenectady and Tegal Rejo both became progressively more disconnected, while Ekeremor became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Ekeremor and Schenectady have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.