Teseney in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Teseney in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TeseneyGash Barka (Region)Eritrea (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Teseney plotted against Gash Barka and Eritrea. The SNDi of new construction in Teseney rose steadily, compared to Gash Barka which rose steadily and Eritrea which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Teseney's incremental SNDi rose from 1.08 to 1.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Teseney ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Gash Barka and 1st out of 8 in Eritrea as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.1
Rank in Eritrea
1st of 8
Rank in Gash Barka
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.03
Rank in Eritrea
1st of 8
Rank in Gash Barka
1st of 2

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TeseneyTenth Of RamadanThul

In new street additions, Teseney built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tenth Of Ramadan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Thul built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Teseney and Tenth Of Ramadan both became progressively more disconnected, while Thul grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.