Lakowe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lakowe in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LakoweLagos (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lakowe plotted against Lagos and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lakowe's incremental SNDi rose from 8.78 to 9.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lakowe ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Lagos and 412th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.2
Rank in Nigeria
404th of 422
Rank in Lagos
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.7
Rank in Nigeria
412th of 422
Rank in Lagos
7th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LakoweJasdanLabinsk

In new street additions, Lakowe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jasdan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Labinsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Lakowe and Labinsk both became progressively more disconnected, while Jasdan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.