Ugborodo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ugborodo in context

3691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3691215<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UgborodoDelta (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ugborodo plotted against Delta and Nigeria. While Delta and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ugborodo's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ugborodo's incremental SNDi rose from 10.89 to 11.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ugborodo ranked 20th out of 20 cities in Delta and 422nd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.93
Rank in Nigeria
413th of 422
Rank in Delta
20th of 20

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
13.87
Rank in Nigeria
422nd of 422
Rank in Delta
20th of 20

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UgborodoHarlowlyqwt

In new street additions, Ugborodo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Harlow built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and الياقوت built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ugborodo and الياقوت both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Harlow grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Ugborodo and Harlow have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.