Emure-Ekiti in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Emure-Ekiti in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Emure-EkitiEkiti (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Emure-Ekiti plotted against Ekiti and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Emure-Ekiti rose steadily, compared to Ekiti which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Emure-Ekiti's incremental SNDi rose from 3.52 to 4.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Emure-Ekiti ranked 9th out of 17 cities in Ekiti and 197th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.79
Rank in Nigeria
258th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
5th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.1
Rank in Nigeria
197th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
9th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Emure-EkitiKutoarjoSan Pedro Sacatepequez [San Marcos]

In new street additions, Emure-Ekiti and Kutoarjo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Emure-Ekiti had a more connected network than San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.