Meti Chafi / Tilk u Meti in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Meti Chafi / Tilk u Meti in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Meti Chafi / Tilk u MetiGambela Peoples (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Meti Chafi / Tilk u Meti plotted against Gambela Peoples and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Meti Chafi / Tilk u Meti's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 3.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Meti Chafi / Tilk u Meti ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Gambela Peoples and 101st out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in Ethiopia
95th of 181
Rank in Gambela Peoples
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Ethiopia
101st of 181
Rank in Gambela Peoples
1st of 2

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
Meti Chafi / Tilk u MetiBikoroDaraw

In new street additions, Meti Chafi / Tilk u Meti and Daraw both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bikoro built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Meti Chafi / Tilk u Meti and Daraw both fluctuated in connectivity, while Bikoro became progressively more disconnected.