Owo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Owo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Owo plotted against Ondo and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Owo's incremental SNDi rose from 4.8 to 5.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Owo ranked 15th out of 17 cities in Ondo and 349th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.66
- Rank in Nigeria
- 329th of 422
- Rank in Ondo
- 11th of 17
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.56
- Rank in Nigeria
- 349th of 422
- Rank in Ondo
- 15th of 17
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Owo and Firozpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ji'an built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Owo and Firozpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Ji'an grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Owo and Ji'an have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.