ዳባት in context: Street-network sprawl trends

daabaate in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
daabaateAmhara (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with ዳባት plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in ዳባት rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, ዳባት's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, ዳባት ranked 15th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 98th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Ethiopia
103rd of 181
Rank in Amhara
17th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Ethiopia
98th of 181
Rank in Amhara
15th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
daabaateOuarzazateHuanglong

In new street additions, ዳባት built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ouarzazate built increasingly connected streets over time and Huanglong built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, ዳባት became progressively more disconnected, while Ouarzazate became progressively more connected and Huanglong became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, ዳባት had a more connected network than Ouarzazate in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.