Ijero-Ekiti in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ijero-Ekiti plotted against Ekiti and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ijero-Ekiti rose steadily, compared to Ekiti which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ijero-Ekiti's incremental SNDi rose from 3.72 to 6.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ijero-Ekiti ranked 12th out of 17 cities in Ekiti and 251st out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Shahdadpur, Pakistan
• Tergachi, Uzbekistan
• Reading, United States
• Bảo Lộc, Vietnam
• Hạ Long, Vietnam
• Sennar, Sudan

In new street additions, Ijero-Ekiti built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shahdadpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bảo Lộc built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ijero-Ekiti and Shahdadpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Bảo Lộc became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ijero-Ekiti and Shahdadpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.