Kauran Yankwani in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kauran Yankwani 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
Kauran YankwaniKatsina (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kauran Yankwani plotted against Katsina and Nigeria. While Katsina and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kauran Yankwani's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kauran Yankwani's incremental SNDi rose from 2.02 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kauran Yankwani ranked 8th out of 15 cities in Katsina and 67th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Nigeria
55th of 422
Rank in Katsina
5th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.89
Rank in Nigeria
67th of 422
Rank in Katsina
8th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kauran YankwaniAjab ShirSammanturai

In new street additions, Kauran Yankwani fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ajab Shir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sammanturai built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kauran Yankwani and Sammanturai both became progressively more disconnected, while Ajab Shir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kauran Yankwani and Sammanturai have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.