Wereta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wereta in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wereta plotted against Amhara and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Wereta rose steadily, compared to Amhara which rose steadily and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wereta's incremental SNDi rose from 2.37 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wereta ranked 18th out of 41 cities in Amhara and 105th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.41
Rank in Ethiopia
131st of 181
Rank in Amhara
26th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in Ethiopia
105th of 181
Rank in Amhara
18th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WeretaDaytona BeachMalayer

In new street additions, Wereta built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Daytona Beach fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Malayer built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Wereta and Daytona Beach both became progressively more disconnected, while Malayer became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Wereta and Daytona Beach have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.