Ile Oluji in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ile Oluji plotted against Ondo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ile Oluji 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, Ile Oluji's incremental SNDi rose from 4.22 to 6.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ile Oluji ranked 8th out of 17 cities in Ondo and 304th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Armavir, Russia
• Hunan, China
• Langzhong, China
• Aleta Wendo, Ethiopia
• Kasaji, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Kefole, Ethiopia

In new street additions, Ile Oluji and Aleta Wendo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Armavir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ile Oluji and Aleta Wendo both became progressively more disconnected, while Armavir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Ile Oluji had a more connected network than Armavir in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.