Kola Diba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kola Diba in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kola Diba plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. While Amhara and Ethiopia both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kola Diba's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kola Diba's incremental SNDi rose from 1.6 to 3.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kola Diba ranked 6th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 50th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in Ethiopia
68th of 181
Rank in Amhara
9th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in Ethiopia
50th of 181
Rank in Amhara
6th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kola DibaBanariparaShowt

In new street additions, Kola Diba and Showt both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Banaripara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kola Diba fluctuated in connectivity, while Banaripara became progressively more disconnected and Showt grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kola Diba and Banaripara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.