Isanlu Mopo 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 Isanlu Mopo plotted against Kogi and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Isanlu Mopo rose steadily, compared to Kogi which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Isanlu Mopo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.76 to 4.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Isanlu Mopo ranked 8th out of 11 cities in Kogi and 237th 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?

• Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
• Pukhrayan, India
• Bazhou, China
• Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir
• Perawang, Indonesia
• Raghopur, India

In new street additions, Isanlu Mopo built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Taldykorgan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Baramulla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Isanlu Mopo and Baramulla both became progressively more disconnected, while Taldykorgan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Isanlu Mopo had a more connected network than Taldykorgan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.