Bedessa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bedessa in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BedessaOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bedessa plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Bedessa 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, Bedessa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.26 to 7.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bedessa ranked 19th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 51st out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.45
Rank in Ethiopia
176th of 181
Rank in Oromia
68th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in Ethiopia
51st of 181
Rank in Oromia
19th 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
BedessaBaiqiLowestoft

In new street additions, Bedessa and Lowestoft both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Baiqi built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Bedessa and Lowestoft both became progressively more disconnected, while Baiqi became progressively more connected. Bedessa and Baiqi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.