Abomsa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abomsa 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
AbomsaOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abomsa plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Abomsa's incremental SNDi rose from 1.53 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abomsa ranked 28th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 66th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in Ethiopia
50th of 181
Rank in Oromia
19th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Ethiopia
66th of 181
Rank in Oromia
28th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbomsaXo'jandJarqurgon

In new street additions, Abomsa and Xo'jand both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jarqurgon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Abomsa and Xo'jand both fluctuated in connectivity, while Jarqurgon became progressively more disconnected.