Bishoftu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bishoftu in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BishoftuOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bishoftu plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bishoftu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.14 to 2.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bishoftu ranked 39th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 92nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Ethiopia
32nd of 181
Rank in Oromia
12th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.53
Rank in Ethiopia
92nd of 181
Rank in Oromia
39th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BishoftuBengkuluHebron

In new street additions, Bishoftu and Hebron both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bengkulu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Bengkulu and Hebron both became progressively more disconnected, while Bishoftu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Bishoftu and Bengkulu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.