Burka in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Burka in context

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BurkaOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Burka plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Burka peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Burka's incremental SNDi fell from 7.0 to 4.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Burka ranked 67th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 167th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.52
Rank in Ethiopia
136th of 181
Rank in Oromia
55th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.27
Rank in Ethiopia
167th of 181
Rank in Oromia
67th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BurkaGojo TownCaguas

While Gojo Town and Caguas both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Burka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Burka had a more connected network than Gojo Town in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.