Kamba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kamba in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kamba plotted against Kebbi and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Kamba rose steadily, 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, Kamba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.06 to 2.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kamba ranked 3rd out of 12 cities in Kebbi and 41st out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Nigeria
58th of 422
Rank in Kebbi
5th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.66
Rank in Nigeria
41st of 422
Rank in Kebbi
3rd of 12

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
KambaEbochaGniezno

Kamba, Ebocha, and Gniezno all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.