Pambeguwa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pambeguwa in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PambeguwaKaduna (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pambeguwa plotted against Kaduna and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Pambeguwa peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kaduna which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pambeguwa's incremental SNDi fell from 4.4 to 3.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pambeguwa ranked 10th out of 11 cities in Kaduna and 198th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in Nigeria
123rd of 422
Rank in Kaduna
6th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.1
Rank in Nigeria
198th of 422
Rank in Kaduna
10th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PambeguwaXinying DistrictBraja Asri

While Xinying District and Braja Asri both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Pambeguwa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Pambeguwa and Xinying District have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.