Magagindoke 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 Magagindoke plotted against Sokoto and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Magagindoke peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Sokoto which peaked in 1976-1990 and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Magagindoke's incremental SNDi fell from 1.74 to 1.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Magagindoke ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Sokoto and 29th 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?

• Mahuawa, India
• Diégonéfla, Côte d'Ivoire
• Ruyuan, China
• Coari, Brazil
• Mussende, Angola
• Ouangolodougou, Côte d'Ivoire

In new street additions, Magagindoke built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Mahuawa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Coari built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Magagindoke grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Mahuawa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Coari became progressively more disconnected. Magagindoke and Coari have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.