Ajagba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ajagba in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AjagbaOndo (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ajagba plotted against Ondo and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ajagba's incremental SNDi rose from 1.5 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ajagba ranked 2nd out of 17 cities in Ondo and 132nd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Nigeria
99th of 422
Rank in Ondo
1st of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Nigeria
132nd of 422
Rank in Ondo
2nd of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AjagbaYangxianLichuan

In new street additions, Ajagba and Yangxian both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lichuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Ajagba fluctuated in connectivity, while Yangxian became progressively more disconnected and Lichuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Ajagba and Yangxian have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.