Kasugula Bama 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 Kasugula Bama plotted against Borno and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kasugula Bama's incremental SNDi rose from 1.18 to 2.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kasugula Bama ranked 4th out of 16 cities in Borno and 18th 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?

• Gobesa, Ethiopia
• Qixia, China
• Makou, China
• Pucheng, China
• Ahar, Iran
• Balcad, Somalia

In new street additions, Kasugula Bama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gobesa built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Pucheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kasugula Bama fluctuated in connectivity, while Gobesa became progressively more disconnected and Pucheng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kasugula Bama and Gobesa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.