Barakin Gangare in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barakin Gangare plotted against Plateau and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Barakin Gangare peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Plateau which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barakin Gangare's incremental SNDi fell from 2.36 to -0.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barakin Gangare ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Plateau and 134th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Udharbond, India
• Altay, China
• Shiroro, Nigeria
• Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir
• San Carlos, Philippines
• Kampung Rinching Hulu, Malaysia

In new street additions, Barakin Gangare built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Udharbond built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pulwama built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Udharbond and Pulwama both became progressively more disconnected, while Barakin Gangare grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Barakin Gangare had a more sprawly network than Pulwama in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.