Potiskum in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Potiskum in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Potiskum plotted against Yobe and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Potiskum rose steadily, compared to Yobe which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Potiskum's incremental SNDi rose from 2.79 to 3.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Potiskum ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Yobe and 169th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.52
- Rank in Nigeria
- 150th of 422
- Rank in Yobe
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.84
- Rank in Nigeria
- 169th of 422
- Rank in Yobe
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Тимофеевка, Russia
- Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
- Augsburg, Germany
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Changping, China
- Gboko, Nigeria
In new street additions, Potiskum built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Тимофеевка built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Santa Cruz de Tenerife built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Potiskum became progressively more disconnected, while Тимофеевка became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Santa Cruz de Tenerife grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Potiskum had a more connected network than Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.