Daura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Daura in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Daura plotted against Katsina and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Daura rose steadily, compared to Katsina which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Daura's incremental SNDi rose from 1.65 to 1.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Daura ranked 5th out of 15 cities in Katsina and 37th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Nigeria
47th of 422
Rank in Katsina
4th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in Nigeria
37th of 422
Rank in Katsina
5th of 15

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
DauraPathankotKUNDULUN

In new street additions, Daura and Pathankot both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while KUNDULUN built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Daura and Pathankot both became progressively more disconnected, while KUNDULUN grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.