Gundo Meskel in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gundo Meskel plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Gundo Meskel was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Gundo Meskel's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 7.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gundo Meskel ranked 65th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 160th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Fort Collins, United States
• Kargilik, China
• Brovary, Ukraine
• Tabaco, Philippines
• Jimei, China
• San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

In new street additions, Gundo Meskel built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Fort Collins built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tabaco built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Gundo Meskel became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Fort Collins grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tabaco became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Gundo Meskel had a more connected network than Fort Collins in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.