Guyuk in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Guyuk in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guyuk plotted against Gombe and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Guyuk's incremental SNDi rose from 3.24 to 5.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guyuk ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Gombe and 293rd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.63
- Rank in Nigeria
- 324th of 422
- Rank in Gombe
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.82
- Rank in Nigeria
- 293rd of 422
- Rank in Gombe
- 7th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bozene, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Monapo, Mozambique
- Huzhen, China
- Dahra Djoloff, Senegal
- Okaya, Japan
- Pakri, India
In new street additions, Guyuk and Bozene both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dahra Djoloff built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Guyuk and Bozene both became progressively more disconnected, while Dahra Djoloff became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Guyuk and Bozene have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.