Dire Dawa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dire Dawa in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dire DawaEthiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dire Dawa plotted against Ethiopia. Both Dire Dawa and Ethiopia follow the same trend. Most recently, Dire Dawa's incremental SNDi rose from 2.54 to 4.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dire Dawa ranked 121st out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.85
Rank in Ethiopia
143rd of 181

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Ethiopia
121st of 181

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dire DawaJubaPabna

In new street additions, Dire Dawa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Juba built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Pabna built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Dire Dawa fluctuated in connectivity, while Juba became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Pabna became progressively more disconnected. Dire Dawa and Juba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.