Akure in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Akure 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
AkureOndo (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akure plotted against Ondo and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Akure's incremental SNDi rose from 3.88 to 4.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akure ranked 9th out of 17 cities in Ondo and 314th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.61
Rank in Nigeria
243rd of 422
Rank in Ondo
4th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.02
Rank in Nigeria
314th of 422
Rank in Ondo
9th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AkureZaragozaBulandshahr

In new street additions, Akure fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zaragoza built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bulandshahr built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Akure had a more connected network than Bulandshahr in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.