Okuku Lepuole in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Okuku Lepuole in context

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Okuku LepuoleCross River (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Okuku Lepuole plotted against Cross River and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Okuku Lepuole peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Cross River which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Okuku Lepuole's incremental SNDi fell from 1.35 to 0.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Okuku Lepuole ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Cross River and 2nd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.79
Rank in Nigeria
4th of 422
Rank in Cross River
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
0.71
Rank in Nigeria
2nd of 422
Rank in Cross River
1st of 6

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Okuku LepuoleNgungu CentreCasas Adobes

In new street additions, Okuku Lepuole and Casas Adobes both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ngungu Centre fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Okuku Lepuole and Ngungu Centre both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Casas Adobes grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.