Dessie in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dessie in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dessie plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Dessie rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dessie's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 5.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dessie ranked 23rd out of 41 cities in Amhara and 122nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.24
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 152nd of 181
- Rank in Amhara
- 31st of 41
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.92
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 122nd of 181
- Rank in Amhara
- 23rd of 41
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire
- Kismayo, Somalia
- Camagüey, Cuba
- Sandwip, Bangladesh
- Kanggye, North Korea
- Xingping, China
In new street additions, Dessie and Sandwip both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Daloa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Dessie and Daloa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.