Ijagbo Offa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ijagbo Offa in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ijagbo OffaKwara (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ijagbo Offa plotted against Kwara and Nigeria. While Kwara and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ijagbo Offa's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ijagbo Offa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 3.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ijagbo Offa ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Kwara and 202nd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in Nigeria
132nd of 422
Rank in Kwara
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in Nigeria
202nd of 422
Rank in Kwara
2nd of 7

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ijagbo OffaAtbaraSan Luis Rio Colorado

In new street additions, Ijagbo Offa and San Luis Río Colorado both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Atbara built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Atbara and San Luis Río Colorado both became progressively more disconnected, while Ijagbo Offa fluctuated in connectivity.