Bore in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bore in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bore plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Bore 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, Bore's incremental SNDi rose from 2.38 to 4.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bore ranked 47th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 115th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.4
Rank in Ethiopia
130th of 181
Rank in Oromia
52nd of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.83
Rank in Ethiopia
115th of 181
Rank in Oromia
47th 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
BoreR S PuraDali

In new street additions, Bore and R S Pura both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dali built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bore and R S Pura both became progressively more disconnected, while Dali grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Bore had a more connected network than Dali in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.