Doro Gowon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Doro Gowon 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
Doro GowonBorno (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Doro Gowon plotted against Borno and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Doro Gowon's incremental SNDi rose from 1.76 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Doro Gowon ranked 8th out of 16 cities in Borno and 45th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Nigeria
80th of 422
Rank in Borno
7th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.73
Rank in Nigeria
45th of 422
Rank in Borno
8th of 16

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
Doro GowonNaushahro FerozeKirkby-in-Ashfield

In new street additions, Doro Gowon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Naushahro Feroze fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kirkby-in-Ashfield built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Doro Gowon and Kirkby-in-Ashfield both became progressively more disconnected, while Naushahro Feroze fluctuated in connectivity.