Ubiaja in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ubiaja in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ubiaja plotted against Edo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ubiaja rose steadily, compared to Edo which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ubiaja's incremental SNDi rose from 3.7 to 3.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ubiaja ranked 1st out of 12 cities in Edo and 84th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.86
- Rank in Nigeria
- 176th of 422
- Rank in Edo
- 3rd of 12
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.07
- Rank in Nigeria
- 84th of 422
- Rank in Edo
- 1st of 12
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Pandan, Indonesia
- Fatehpur, India
- Kondagaon, India
- Sankarankovil, India
- Baalbek, Lebanon
- Silao, México
Ubiaja, Pandan, and Sankarankovil all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.