Aiyetoro Gbede in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Aiyetoro Gbede in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aiyetoro Gbede plotted against Kogi and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Aiyetoro Gbede rose steadily, compared to Kogi which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Aiyetoro Gbede's incremental SNDi rose from 2.89 to 5.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aiyetoro Gbede ranked 9th out of 11 cities in Kogi and 267th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.71
- Rank in Nigeria
- 331st of 422
- Rank in Kogi
- 10th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.63
- Rank in Nigeria
- 267th of 422
- Rank in Kogi
- 9th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Malacatán, Guatemala
- Makanza, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lushui, China
- Manteca, United States
- Shikokuchuo, Japan
- Hillat Ash Shekh Mustafa al Fadni, Sudan
In new street additions, Aiyetoro Gbede and Malacatán both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Manteca built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Aiyetoro Gbede had a more sprawly network than Malacatán in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.