Gobesa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gobesa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gobesa plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Gobesa 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, Gobesa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.89 to 6.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gobesa ranked 56th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 142nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.75
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 169th of 181
- Rank in Oromia
- 65th of 71
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.29
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 142nd of 181
- Rank in Oromia
- 56th of 71
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Gobesa built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Qixia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kasugula Bama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Gobesa and Qixia both became progressively more disconnected, while Kasugula Bama fluctuated in connectivity. Gobesa and Qixia have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.