Ipoti in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ipoti in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ipoti plotted against Ekiti and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ipoti rose steadily, compared to Ekiti which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ipoti's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 3.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ipoti ranked 4th out of 17 cities in Ekiti and 144th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in Nigeria
179th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
3rd of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in Nigeria
144th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
4th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IpotiAgatsAl Hiatem

In new street additions, Ipoti and Al Hiatem both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Agats fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ipoti and Al Hiatem both became progressively more disconnected, while Agats fluctuated in connectivity. Ipoti and Agats have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.