Ikare in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ikare in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IkareOndo (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ikare plotted against Ondo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ikare 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, Ikare's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 4.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ikare ranked 5th out of 17 cities in Ondo and 265th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.76
Rank in Nigeria
255th of 422
Rank in Ondo
5th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.6
Rank in Nigeria
265th of 422
Rank in Ondo
5th 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
IkareCraiovaCape Coral

In new street additions, Ikare and Craiova both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cape Coral built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ikare and Craiova have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.