Aweday in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aweday in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AwedayOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aweday plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Aweday's incremental SNDi rose from 3.04 to 5.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aweday ranked 59th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 148th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.5
Rank in Ethiopia
156th of 181
Rank in Oromia
61st of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in Ethiopia
148th of 181
Rank in Oromia
59th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AwedayMidsayapVilla Carlos Paz

While Midsayap and Villa Carlos Paz both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Aweday fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Midsayap and Villa Carlos Paz both became progressively more disconnected, while Aweday fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Aweday had a more sprawly network than Midsayap in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.