Ogbomosho in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ogbomosho in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ogbomosho plotted against Oyo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ogbomosho rose steadily, compared to Oyo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ogbomosho's incremental SNDi rose from 3.39 to 3.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ogbomosho ranked 11th out of 15 cities in Oyo and 226th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.91
- Rank in Nigeria
- 181st of 422
- Rank in Oyo
- 11th of 15
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.33
- Rank in Nigeria
- 226th of 422
- Rank in Oyo
- 11th of 15
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tver, Russia
- Lalpur, Bangladesh
- Araria, India
- Hawassa, Ethiopia
- Kralpora, Jammu and Kashmir
- Viluppuram, India
In new street additions, Ogbomosho and Tver both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hawassa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ogbomosho and Tver both became progressively more disconnected, while Hawassa fluctuated in connectivity. Ogbomosho and Tver have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.