Kaura-Namoda 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 Kaura-Namoda plotted against Zamfara and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Kaura-Namoda peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Zamfara which peaked in 1976-1990 and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kaura-Namoda's incremental SNDi fell from 5.03 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kaura-Namoda ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Zamfara and 355th 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?

• Florencia, Colombia
• Pingchang County, China
• Xiangxiang, China
• M'Sila, Algeria
• Siverek, Turkey
• Nablus, Palestine

While Florencia and M'Sila both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Kaura-Namoda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Kaura-Namoda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Florencia became progressively more disconnected and M'Sila fluctuated in connectivity. Kaura-Namoda and Florencia have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.