Ipetu Ijesha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ipetu Ijesha in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ipetu IjeshaOsun (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ipetu Ijesha plotted against Osun and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ipetu Ijesha rose steadily, compared to Osun which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ipetu Ijesha's incremental SNDi rose from 5.27 to 7.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ipetu Ijesha ranked 2nd out of 19 cities in Osun and 207th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.01
Rank in Nigeria
386th of 422
Rank in Osun
19th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Nigeria
207th of 422
Rank in Osun
2nd of 19

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

What about similarly populated cities?

08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ipetu IjeshaPenjamoHabil al Jazi`

In new street additions, Ipetu Ijesha and Pénjamo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Habil al Jazi` fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ipetu Ijesha and Pénjamo both became progressively more disconnected, while Habil al Jazi` grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Ipetu Ijesha had a more connected network than Pénjamo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.