Ginsi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ginsi in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GinsiOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ginsi plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ginsi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.85 to 3.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ginsi ranked 31st out of 71 cities in Oromia and 75th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in Ethiopia
94th of 181
Rank in Oromia
38th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.29
Rank in Ethiopia
75th of 181
Rank in Oromia
31st of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GinsiTrangBijoynagar

In new street additions, Ginsi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Trang built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bijoynagar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ginsi fluctuated in connectivity, while Trang became progressively more disconnected and Bijoynagar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ginsi and Bijoynagar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.