Alem Ketema in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Alem Ketema in context

08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Alem KetemaAmhara (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Alem Ketema plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. While Amhara and Ethiopia both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Alem Ketema's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Alem Ketema's incremental SNDi rose from 8.65 to 30.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Alem Ketema ranked 41st out of 41 cities in Amhara and 181st out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
30.41
Rank in Ethiopia
180th of 181
Rank in Amhara
41st of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.17
Rank in Ethiopia
181st of 181
Rank in Amhara
41st of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Alem KetemaIquitosJasaan

In new street additions, Alem Ketema and Iquitos both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jasaan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Alem Ketema and Iquitos have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.