Agbaku in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Agbaku in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Agbaku plotted against Lagos and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Agbaku's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 5.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Agbaku ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Lagos and 374th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.13
- Rank in Nigeria
- 282nd of 422
- Rank in Lagos
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.02
- Rank in Nigeria
- 374th of 422
- Rank in Lagos
- 3rd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dagang, China
- Safdarabad, Pakistan
- Iwoye, Nigeria
- Kibombo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djamaa, Algeria
- Vinces, Ecuador
In new street additions, Agbaku and Kibombo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dagang built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Dagang and Kibombo both became progressively more disconnected, while Agbaku fluctuated in connectivity. Agbaku and Kibombo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.