Unguwar Findi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Unguwar Findi in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Unguwar Findi plotted against Kano and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Unguwar Findi 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 Findi's incremental SNDi fell from 1.51 to 1.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Unguwar Findi ranked 3rd out of 14 cities in Kano and 27th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.48
Rank in Nigeria
20th of 422
Rank in Kano
2nd of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.43
Rank in Nigeria
27th of 422
Rank in Kano
3rd of 14

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
Unguwar FindiBayonneSassari

In new street additions, Unguwar Findi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bayonne built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sassari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.