Mongu Arna in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mongu Arna in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mongu Arna plotted against Plateau and Nigeria. While Plateau and Nigeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Mongu Arna's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mongu Arna's incremental SNDi rose from 2.96 to 8.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mongu Arna ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Plateau and 165th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.76
- Rank in Nigeria
- 399th of 422
- Rank in Plateau
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.81
- Rank in Nigeria
- 165th of 422
- Rank in Plateau
- 6th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Wigan, United Kingdom
- Kakamega, Kenya
- Toledo, Brazil
- Makhdumpur, India
- Apizaco, México
- Debre Tabor, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Mongu Arna fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wigan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Makhdumpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mongu Arna and Wigan both became progressively more disconnected, while Makhdumpur fluctuated in connectivity. Mongu Arna and Wigan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.