Meko in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Meko in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MekoOgun (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Meko plotted against Ogun and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Meko rose steadily, compared to Ogun which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Meko's incremental SNDi rose from 2.63 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Meko ranked 1st out of 16 cities in Ogun and 54th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Nigeria
90th of 422
Rank in Ogun
2nd of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Nigeria
54th of 422
Rank in Ogun
1st of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MekoTiroraAgenebode

Meko, Tirora, and Agenebode all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Meko and Tirora have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.