Bekoji in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bekoji in context

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BekojiOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bekoji plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Bekoji 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, Bekoji's incremental SNDi rose from 2.85 to 4.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bekoji ranked 35th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 87th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.14
Rank in Ethiopia
123rd of 181
Rank in Oromia
49th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Ethiopia
87th of 181
Rank in Oromia
35th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BekojiGhazniGrimsby

Bekoji, Ghazni, and Grimsby all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Bekoji and Ghazni have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.