Kagoro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kagoro in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KagoroKaduna (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kagoro plotted against Kaduna and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Kagoro rose steadily, compared to Kaduna which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kagoro's incremental SNDi rose from 2.73 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kagoro ranked 3rd out of 11 cities in Kaduna and 66th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in Nigeria
102nd of 422
Rank in Kaduna
3rd of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Nigeria
66th of 422
Rank in Kaduna
3rd of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KagoroKadirliSancti Spiritus

In new street additions, Kagoro built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kadirli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sancti Spiritus built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kagoro and Sancti Spiritus both became progressively more disconnected, while Kadirli fluctuated in connectivity. Kagoro and Kadirli have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.