Shoa Robit in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shoa Robit in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Shoa RobitAmhara (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shoa Robit plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Shoa Robit rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shoa Robit's incremental SNDi rose from 3.65 to 6.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shoa Robit ranked 37th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 168th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.06
Rank in Ethiopia
164th of 181
Rank in Amhara
35th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.3
Rank in Ethiopia
168th of 181
Rank in Amhara
37th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Shoa RobitMerawiJoresan

In new street additions, Shoa Robit and Merawi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Joresan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Shoa Robit had a more connected network than Joresan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.