Debre Tabor in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Debre Tabor in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Debre Tabor plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Debre Tabor rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Debre Tabor's incremental SNDi rose from 2.56 to 3.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Debre Tabor ranked 20th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 113th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Ethiopia
115th of 181
Rank in Amhara
21st of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Ethiopia
113th of 181
Rank in Amhara
20th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Debre TaborApizacoGuangshan

In new street additions, Debre Tabor and Apizaco both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Guangshan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Debre Tabor and Apizaco both became progressively more disconnected, while Guangshan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Debre Tabor had a more connected network than Guangshan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.