Lafia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lafia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lafia plotted against Nasarawa and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Lafia rose steadily, compared to Nasarawa which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lafia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.25 to 3.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lafia ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Nasarawa and 191st out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.47
- Rank in Nigeria
- 143rd of 422
- Rank in Nasarawa
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.05
- Rank in Nigeria
- 191st of 422
- Rank in Nasarawa
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil
- Al-Mahmudiya, Egypt
- Corpus Christi, United States
- Sunamganj, Bangladesh
- Wuxue, China
- Saraf `Umrah, Sudan
While Juazeiro do Norte and Sunamganj both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Lafia built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.