Ginir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ginir 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
GinirOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ginir plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ginir's incremental SNDi rose from 1.44 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ginir ranked 8th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 23rd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in Ethiopia
55th of 181
Rank in Oromia
22nd of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in Ethiopia
23rd of 181
Rank in Oromia
8th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GinirAnarkolYouyang

In new street additions, Ginir and Youyang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Anarkol built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ginir fluctuated in connectivity, while Anarkol became progressively more disconnected and Youyang became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Ginir and Anarkol have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.