Kabba in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kabba in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kabba plotted against Kogi and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Kabba rose steadily, compared to Kogi which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kabba's incremental SNDi rose from 3.49 to 3.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kabba ranked 5th out of 11 cities in Kogi and 176th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.56
- Rank in Nigeria
- 151st of 422
- Rank in Kogi
- 1st of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.91
- Rank in Nigeria
- 176th of 422
- Rank in Kogi
- 5th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ilaro, Nigeria
- Dhar, India
- San Fernando, Philippines
- Mwadingusha, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Arochukwu, Nigeria
- Churu, India
In new street additions, Kabba and Ilaro both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mwadingusha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kabba and Ilaro both became progressively more disconnected, while Mwadingusha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kabba and Mwadingusha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.