Okene in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Okene in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Okene plotted against Kogi and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Okene rose steadily, compared to Kogi which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Okene's incremental SNDi rose from 4.58 to 5.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Okene ranked 10th out of 11 cities in Kogi and 312th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.24
- Rank in Nigeria
- 291st of 422
- Rank in Kogi
- 8th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.0
- Rank in Nigeria
- 312th of 422
- Rank in Kogi
- 10th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Okene, Al Hillah, and Al Ahsa all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Okene and Al Hillah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.