Maji in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maji in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MajiNiger (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maji plotted against Niger and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Maji followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Niger which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Maji's incremental SNDi fell from 4.89 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maji ranked 12th out of 13 cities in Niger and 337th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.6
Rank in Nigeria
241st of 422
Rank in Niger
12th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.35
Rank in Nigeria
337th of 422
Rank in Niger
12th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MajiLaukhiAsh Shaddaday

In new street additions, Maji fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Laukhi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ash Shaddaday built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Maji became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Laukhi fluctuated in connectivity and Ash Shaddaday became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Maji had a more connected network than Ash Shaddaday in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.