Kura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kura in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kura plotted against Katsina and Nigeria. While Katsina and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kura's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kura's incremental SNDi rose from 1.32 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kura ranked 4th out of 15 cities in Katsina and 30th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Nigeria
120th of 422
Rank in Katsina
11th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.47
Rank in Nigeria
30th of 422
Rank in Katsina
4th 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
KuraCalapanBani Bakhit

In new street additions, Kura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Calapan built increasingly connected streets over time and Bani Bakhit built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kura became progressively more disconnected, while Calapan became progressively more connected and Bani Bakhit became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.