Tarzoho in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tarzoho in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tarzoho plotted against Benue and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tarzoho's incremental SNDi rose from 0.75 to 1.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tarzoho ranked 1st out of 13 cities in Benue and 14th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.42
- Rank in Nigeria
- 18th of 422
- Rank in Benue
- 1st of 13
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.23
- Rank in Nigeria
- 14th of 422
- Rank in Benue
- 1st of 13
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Lira, Uganda
- Mahagi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Duqiao, China
- Mamuju, Indonesia
- Karaikal, India
- Basantpur, India
In new street additions, Tarzoho fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lira built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mamuju built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Lira and Mamuju both became progressively more disconnected, while Tarzoho fluctuated in connectivity.