Unguwar Fari in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Unguwar Fari in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Unguwar FariKano (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Unguwar Fari plotted against Kano and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Unguwar Fari peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kano which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Unguwar Fari's incremental SNDi fell from 3.67 to 3.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Unguwar Fari ranked 11th out of 14 cities in Kano and 135th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in Nigeria
149th of 422
Rank in Kano
12th of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in Nigeria
135th of 422
Rank in Kano
11th of 14

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
Unguwar FariOumePanama City

In new street additions, Unguwar Fari and Oumé both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Panama City built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Oumé and Panama City both became progressively more disconnected, while Unguwar Fari became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Unguwar Fari and Panama City have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.