Ebocha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ebocha in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EbochaRivers (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ebocha plotted against Rivers and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ebocha rose steadily, compared to Rivers which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ebocha's incremental SNDi rose from 4.43 to 5.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ebocha ranked 5th out of 28 cities in Rivers and 215th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.43
Rank in Nigeria
310th of 422
Rank in Rivers
11th of 28

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Nigeria
215th of 422
Rank in Rivers
5th of 28

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EbochaMobaraKamba

In new street additions, Ebocha and Kamba both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mobara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ebocha and Mobara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.