Omuo-Obadore in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Omuo-Obadore in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Omuo-ObadoreEkiti (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Omuo-Obadore plotted against Ekiti and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Omuo-Obadore rose steadily, compared to Ekiti which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Omuo-Obadore's incremental SNDi rose from 1.94 to 3.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Omuo-Obadore ranked 1st out of 17 cities in Ekiti and 50th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Nigeria
128th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
2nd of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Nigeria
50th of 422
Rank in Ekiti
1st of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Omuo-ObadoreAracatubaYushan

While Araçatuba and Yushan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Omuo-Obadore built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Omuo-Obadore and Araçatuba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.