kazaure in context: Street-network sprawl trends

kazaure in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
kazaureJigawa (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with kazaure plotted against Jigawa and Nigeria. While Jigawa and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, kazaure's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, kazaure's incremental SNDi rose from 2.27 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, kazaure ranked 9th out of 11 cities in Jigawa and 142nd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in Nigeria
111th of 422
Rank in Jigawa
10th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.63
Rank in Nigeria
142nd of 422
Rank in Jigawa
9th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
kazaurePupriSanta Rosa

In new street additions, kazaure fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pupri built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Santa Rosa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, kazaure and Pupri both became progressively more disconnected, while Santa Rosa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.