Adet in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Adet in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AdetAmhara (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Adet plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Adet rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Adet's incremental SNDi rose from 1.95 to 2.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Adet ranked 5th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 46th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in Ethiopia
36th of 181
Rank in Amhara
2nd of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Ethiopia
46th of 181
Rank in Amhara
5th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AdetBaneshwarBarhiya

In new street additions, Adet built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Baneshwar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Barhiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Adet and Baneshwar both became progressively more disconnected, while Barhiya became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Adet had a more sprawly network than Barhiya in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.