Agenebode in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Agenebode in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AgenebodeEdo (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Agenebode plotted against Edo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Agenebode rose steadily, compared to Edo which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Agenebode's incremental SNDi rose from 3.51 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Agenebode ranked 7th out of 12 cities in Edo and 205th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in Nigeria
267th of 422
Rank in Edo
9th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in Nigeria
205th of 422
Rank in Edo
7th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AgenebodeMekoRosarito

In new street additions, Agenebode and Meko both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Rosarito fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Agenebode and Meko both became progressively more disconnected, while Rosarito fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Agenebode had a more connected network than Rosarito in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.