Gubio in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gubio in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gubio plotted against Borno and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Gubio rose steadily, compared to Borno which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gubio's incremental SNDi rose from 1.24 to 1.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gubio ranked 1st out of 16 cities in Borno and 9th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.53
- Rank in Nigeria
- 24th of 422
- Rank in Borno
- 2nd of 16
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 0.98
- Rank in Nigeria
- 9th of 422
- Rank in Borno
- 1st of 16
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kırklareli, Turkey
- Dongtou, China
- Orerokpe, Nigeria
- Zagatala, Azerbaijan
- Darnah, Libya
- Nakhon Phanom, Thailand
In new street additions, Gubio and Zagatala both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kırklareli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.