Mafara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mafara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mafara plotted against Zamfara and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Mafara peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Zamfara which peaked in 1976-1990 and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mafara's incremental SNDi fell from 2.56 to 2.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mafara ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in Zamfara and 79th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.21
- Rank in Nigeria
- 62nd of 422
- Rank in Zamfara
- 3rd of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.04
- Rank in Nigeria
- 79th of 422
- Rank in Zamfara
- 2nd of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sarai Mir, India
- Lubutu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Francistown, Botswana
- Tenggarong, Indonesia
- Novocherkassk, Russia
- Supaul, India
In new street additions, Mafara and Sarai Mir both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tenggarong built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Mafara and Tenggarong both became progressively more disconnected, while Sarai Mir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.