Dogari Tiv 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 Dogari Tiv plotted against Taraba and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Dogari Tiv rose steadily, compared to Taraba which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dogari Tiv's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 5.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dogari Tiv ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Taraba and 319th 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?

• Sabirabad, Azerbaijan
• Pabianice, Poland
• Balagarh, India
• Rajgara, India
• Ishara, Nigeria
• Nuapatna, India

In new street additions, Dogari Tiv built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sabirabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Rajgara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Dogari Tiv became progressively more disconnected, while Sabirabad fluctuated in connectivity and Rajgara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Dogari Tiv had a more connected network than Sabirabad in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.