Nefas Meewcha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nefas Meewcha in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nefas MeewchaAmhara (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nefas Meewcha plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Nefas Meewcha followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nefas Meewcha's incremental SNDi fell from 7.76 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nefas Meewcha ranked 36th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 163rd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Ethiopia
60th of 181
Rank in Amhara
6th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in Ethiopia
163rd of 181
Rank in Amhara
36th 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
Nefas MeewchaJizanKolaka

In new street additions, Nefas Meewcha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jizan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kolaka built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nefas Meewcha fluctuated in connectivity, while Jizan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Kolaka became progressively more disconnected. Nefas Meewcha and Kolaka have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.