Mekane Selam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mekane Selam in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mekane Selam plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Mekane Selam rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mekane Selam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.22 to 4.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mekane Selam ranked 19th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 111th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.79
Rank in Ethiopia
142nd of 181
Rank in Amhara
29th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Ethiopia
111th of 181
Rank in Amhara
19th 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
Mekane SelamJubangPaguyangan

In new street additions, Mekane Selam and Paguyangan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jubang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.