Irele in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Irele in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IreleOndo (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Irele plotted against Ondo and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Irele's incremental SNDi rose from 2.39 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Irele ranked 3rd out of 17 cities in Ondo and 143rd out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in Nigeria
166th of 422
Rank in Ondo
3rd of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in Nigeria
143rd of 422
Rank in Ondo
3rd of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IreleMilagroKulob

In new street additions, Irele and Milagro both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kulob built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Irele and Milagro both became progressively more disconnected, while Kulob became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Irele and Milagro have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.