Asosa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Asosa in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AsosaBenshangul-Gumaz (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Asosa plotted against Benshangul-Gumaz and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Asosa was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Benshangul-Gumaz which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Asosa's incremental SNDi rose from 1.43 to 2.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Asosa ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Benshangul-Gumaz and 42nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Ethiopia
27th of 181
Rank in Benshangul-Gumaz
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in Ethiopia
42nd of 181
Rank in Benshangul-Gumaz
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AsosaBimaAnxiang

In new street additions, Asosa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bima built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Anxiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Asosa became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Bima became progressively more disconnected and Anxiang fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Asosa had a more sprawly network than Bima in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.