Elele Alimini 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 Elele Alimini plotted against Rivers and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Elele Alimini rose steadily, compared to Rivers which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Elele Alimini's incremental SNDi rose from 4.46 to 6.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elele Alimini ranked 12th out of 28 cities in Rivers and 306th 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?

• Masindi, Uganda
• Xingbieying, China
• Ambanja, Madagascar
• Ain El Melh, Algeria
• Manica, Mozambique
• Simara, Nepal

In new street additions, Elele Alimini and Masindi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ain El Melh built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Elele Alimini and Masindi both became progressively more disconnected, while Ain El Melh became progressively more connected. Elele Alimini and Masindi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.