Injibara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Injibara in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
InjibaraAmhara (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Injibara plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Injibara rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Injibara's incremental SNDi rose from 2.75 to 4.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Injibara ranked 24th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 124th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.2
Rank in Ethiopia
125th of 181
Rank in Amhara
24th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in Ethiopia
124th of 181
Rank in Amhara
24th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
InjibaraOurenseBhedarganj

In new street additions, Injibara and Bhedarganj both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ourense fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Injibara and Ourense have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.