Gashua in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gashua in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gashua plotted against Yobe and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Gashua's incremental SNDi rose from 1.39 to 1.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gashua ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Yobe and 35th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.74
- Rank in Nigeria
- 39th of 422
- Rank in Yobe
- 4th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.59
- Rank in Nigeria
- 35th of 422
- Rank in Yobe
- 3rd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Gashua fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Calama built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Bima built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Gashua fluctuated in connectivity, while Calama became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Bima became progressively more disconnected. Gashua and Bima have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.