Unguwar Mahaukci in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Unguwar Mahaukci in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Unguwar MahaukciKano (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Unguwar Mahaukci plotted against Kano and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Unguwar Mahaukci followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Kano which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Unguwar Mahaukci's incremental SNDi fell from 1.72 to 1.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Unguwar Mahaukci ranked 7th out of 14 cities in Kano and 62nd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.71
Rank in Nigeria
36th of 422
Rank in Kano
6th of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in Nigeria
62nd of 422
Rank in Kano
7th of 14

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Unguwar MahaukciAl DhahirShexian

In new street additions, Unguwar Mahaukci fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Dhahir built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Shexian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Unguwar Mahaukci became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Al Dhahir became progressively more connected and Shexian became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Unguwar Mahaukci had a more sprawly network than Al Dhahir in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.