Gende Woin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gende Woin in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gende Woin plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Gende Woin rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gende Woin's incremental SNDi rose from 1.95 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gende Woin ranked 17th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 102nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in Ethiopia
126th of 181
Rank in Amhara
25th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Ethiopia
102nd of 181
Rank in Amhara
17th 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
Gende WoinAl-Qa'imJogikuti

In new street additions, Gende Woin and Jogīkuti both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al-Qa'im fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Gende Woin had a more connected network than Al-Qa'im in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.