Fugar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fugar in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FugarEdo (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fugar plotted against Edo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Fugar rose steadily, compared to Edo which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fugar's incremental SNDi rose from 5.06 to 7.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fugar ranked 11th out of 12 cities in Edo and 307th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.2
Rank in Nigeria
387th of 422
Rank in Edo
12th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.96
Rank in Nigeria
307th of 422
Rank in Edo
11th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FugarBozuyukYaypan

In new street additions, Fugar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bozüyük fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Yaypan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Fugar and Bozüyük have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.