Ogale in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ogale in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ogale plotted against Rivers and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Ogale rose steadily, compared to Rivers which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ogale's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ogale ranked 9th out of 28 cities in Rivers and 276th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.5
- Rank in Nigeria
- 232nd of 422
- Rank in Rivers
- 6th of 28
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.71
- Rank in Nigeria
- 276th of 422
- Rank in Rivers
- 9th of 28
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Diyarb Nigm, Egypt
- Gunung Lingkas, Indonesia
- Santander, Spain
- Rajnandgaon, India
- Santa Teresa del Tuy, Venezuela
- Tonk, India
In new street additions, Ogale and Diyarb Nigm both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Rajnandgaon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ogale and Diyarb Nigm have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.