Ekenobizi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ekenobizi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ekenobizi plotted against Imo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ekenobizi rose steadily, compared to Imo which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ekenobizi's incremental SNDi rose from 5.02 to 5.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ekenobizi ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Imo and 283rd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.85
- Rank in Nigeria
- 340th of 422
- Rank in Imo
- 4th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.75
- Rank in Nigeria
- 283rd of 422
- Rank in Imo
- 4th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Batusangkar, Indonesia
- T'aet'an-eup, North Korea
- Jammalamadugu, India
- Dundet, Egypt
- Huai'an, China
- Darbasta, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Ekenobizi and Dundet both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Batusangkar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.