Ido Ekiti in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ido Ekiti in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ido Ekiti plotted against Ekiti and Nigeria. While Ekiti and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ido Ekiti's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ido Ekiti's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ido Ekiti ranked 5th out of 17 cities in Ekiti and 160th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.92
Rank in Nigeria
182nd of 422
Rank in Ekiti
4th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Nigeria
160th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
5th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ido EkitiSalavatBarbacena

In new street additions, Ido Ekiti and Barbacena both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Salavat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ido Ekiti and Salavat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.