Babille in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Babille in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BabilleOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Babille plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Babille 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, Babille's incremental SNDi rose from 1.99 to 2.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Babille ranked 23rd out of 71 cities in Oromia and 56th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in Ethiopia
63rd of 181
Rank in Oromia
27th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Ethiopia
56th of 181
Rank in Oromia
23rd 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
BabilleUjung BatuChangling

In new street additions, Babille and Ujung Batu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Changling fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Babille and Ujung Batu both became progressively more disconnected, while Changling fluctuated in connectivity. Babille and Changling have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.