Aramoko-Ekiti in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aramoko-Ekiti in context

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Aramoko-EkitiEkiti (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aramoko-Ekiti plotted against Ekiti and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Aramoko-Ekiti rose steadily, compared to Ekiti which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Aramoko-Ekiti's incremental SNDi rose from 4.13 to 5.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aramoko-Ekiti ranked 10th out of 17 cities in Ekiti and 212th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.98
Rank in Nigeria
347th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
10th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in Nigeria
212th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
10th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Aramoko-EkitiPrabumulihNgozi

While Prabumulih and Ngozi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Aramoko-Ekiti built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Aramoko-Ekiti had a more connected network than Ngozi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.