Argungu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Argungu in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Argungu plotted against Kebbi and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Argungu's incremental SNDi rose from 1.79 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Argungu ranked 6th out of 12 cities in Kebbi and 65th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Nigeria
77th of 422
Rank in Kebbi
6th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Nigeria
65th of 422
Rank in Kebbi
6th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArgunguAdwaOzamiz

In new street additions, Argungu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Adwa built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ozamiz built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Argungu and Ozamiz have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.