Burie in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Burie in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BurieAmhara (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Burie plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Burie was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Burie's incremental SNDi rose from 2.51 to 4.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Burie ranked 27th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 135th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.09
Rank in Ethiopia
120th of 181
Rank in Amhara
22nd of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Ethiopia
135th of 181
Rank in Amhara
27th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BurieBismilKaryamakmur

While Bismil and Karyamakmur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Burie built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Bismil and Karyamakmur both became progressively more disconnected, while Burie became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.