Ifon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ifon in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ifon plotted against Ondo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ifon rose steadily, compared to Ondo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ifon's incremental SNDi rose from 3.13 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ifon ranked 1st out of 17 cities in Ondo and 111th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in Nigeria
130th of 422
Rank in Ondo
2nd of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in Nigeria
111th of 422
Rank in Ondo
1st of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IfonBubanzaDelmenhorst

In new street additions, Ifon and Bubanza both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Delmenhorst built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ifon and Bubanza have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.