Gambela in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gambela in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GambelaGambela Peoples (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gambela plotted against Gambela Peoples and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Gambela's incremental SNDi rose from 4.83 to 5.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gambela ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Gambela Peoples and 169th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.58
Rank in Ethiopia
159th of 181
Rank in Gambela Peoples
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.59
Rank in Ethiopia
169th of 181
Rank in Gambela Peoples
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GambelaHonjoJiaganj Azimganj

While Honjo and Jiaganj Azimganj both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Gambela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Gambela became progressively more disconnected, while Honjo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Jiaganj Azimganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Gambela and Honjo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.