Taba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Taba in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TabaOyo (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taba plotted against Oyo and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Taba followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Taba ranked 1st out of 15 cities in Oyo and 6th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
0.9
Rank in Nigeria
6th of 422
Rank in Oyo
1st of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TabaAt TajiM'Diq

In new street additions, Taba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while At Taji fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and M'Diq built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Taba became progressively more connected, while At Taji fluctuated in connectivity and M'Diq became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Taba and M'Diq have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.