Bajoga in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bajoga in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bajoga plotted against Gombe and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Bajoga peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Gombe which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bajoga's incremental SNDi fell from 0.97 to 0.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bajoga ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Gombe and 7th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 0.95
- Rank in Nigeria
- 8th of 422
- Rank in Gombe
- 1st of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 0.95
- Rank in Nigeria
- 7th of 422
- Rank in Gombe
- 1st of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Joura, India
- Jinyun County, China
- Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan
- Dakoro, Niger
- Polegate, United Kingdom
- Nanfeng, China
In new street additions, Bajoga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Joura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dakoro fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bajoga grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Joura became progressively more disconnected and Dakoro fluctuated in connectivity. Bajoga and Joura have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.