Abua in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Abua in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abua plotted against Rivers and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Abua rose steadily, compared to Rivers which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abua's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 6.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abua ranked 3rd out of 28 cities in Rivers and 170th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.29
- Rank in Nigeria
- 369th of 422
- Rank in Rivers
- 16th of 28
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.85
- Rank in Nigeria
- 170th of 422
- Rank in Rivers
- 3rd of 28
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mweka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Baraiyarhat, Bangladesh
- Zonguldak, Turkey
- Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir
- Santarém, Brazil
- Kurigram, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Abua and Udhampur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mweka fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Abua and Udhampur both became progressively more disconnected, while Mweka fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Abua had a more connected network than Mweka in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.