Gojo Town in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gojo Town in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Gojo TownOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gojo Town plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Gojo Town 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, Gojo Town's incremental SNDi rose from 3.61 to 4.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gojo Town ranked 55th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 139th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.48
Rank in Ethiopia
133rd of 181
Rank in Oromia
54th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.26
Rank in Ethiopia
139th of 181
Rank in Oromia
55th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Gojo TownBadajozBurka

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