Agaro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Agaro in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AgaroOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Agaro plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Agaro rose steadily, compared to Oromia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Agaro's incremental SNDi rose from 2.73 to 3.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Agaro ranked 52nd out of 71 cities in Oromia and 132nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in Ethiopia
112th of 181
Rank in Oromia
44th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in Ethiopia
132nd of 181
Rank in Oromia
52nd 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
AgaroBelhariGadchiroli

In new street additions, Agaro and Gadchiroli both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Belhari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Agaro and Gadchiroli both became progressively more disconnected, while Belhari fluctuated in connectivity. Agaro and Belhari have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.