Dakingari in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dakingari plotted against Kebbi and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Dakingari peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Kebbi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dakingari's incremental SNDi fell from 1.21 to 1.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dakingari ranked 4th out of 12 cities in Kebbi and 48th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Léré, Chad
• Garzón, Colombia
• Singrimari, India
• Chilanga, Zambia
• Jupiter, United States
• Chone, Ecuador

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