Gutin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gutin in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GutinOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gutin plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Gutin 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, Gutin's incremental SNDi rose from 1.39 to 1.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gutin ranked 5th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 16th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in Ethiopia
13th of 181
Rank in Oromia
2nd of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.65
Rank in Ethiopia
16th of 181
Rank in Oromia
5th 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
GutinLa CaleraSincheon-dong

In new street additions, Gutin built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while La Calera built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Sincheon-dong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, La Calera and Sincheon-dong both became progressively more disconnected, while Gutin became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Gutin and Sincheon-dong have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.