Dangla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dangla in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dangla plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Dangla rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dangla's incremental SNDi rose from 2.45 to 5.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dangla ranked 29th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 143rd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.02
Rank in Ethiopia
148th of 181
Rank in Amhara
30th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in Ethiopia
143rd of 181
Rank in Amhara
29th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DanglaKhairthalTiflet

In new street additions, Dangla built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khairthal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tiflet fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dangla became progressively more disconnected, while Khairthal became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Tiflet fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Dangla had a more connected network than Khairthal in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.