Samunakar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Samunakar in context

2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SamunakarKaduna (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Samunakar plotted against Kaduna and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Samunakar peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kaduna which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Samunakar's incremental SNDi fell from 3.12 to 3.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Samunakar ranked 8th out of 11 cities in Kaduna and 167th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.07
Rank in Nigeria
117th of 422
Rank in Kaduna
5th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.83
Rank in Nigeria
167th of 422
Rank in Kaduna
8th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SamunakarBharuwa SumerpurImabari

While Bharuwa Sumerpur and Imabari both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Samunakar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Samunakar and Imabari both became progressively more disconnected, while Bharuwa Sumerpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Samunakar and Bharuwa Sumerpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.