Adis Zemen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Adis Zemen in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Adis Zemen plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. While Amhara and Ethiopia both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Adis Zemen's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Adis Zemen's incremental SNDi rose from 2.67 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Adis Zemen ranked 26th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 127th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in Ethiopia
105th of 181
Rank in Amhara
18th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in Ethiopia
127th of 181
Rank in Amhara
26th 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
Adis ZemenAmbalangodaNurrar

In new street additions, Adis Zemen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ambalangoda built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Nurrār built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Adis Zemen fluctuated in connectivity, while Ambalangoda became progressively more disconnected and Nurrār became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Adis Zemen and Nurrār have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.