Karamile in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Karamile in context

0102030<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0102030<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaramileOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Karamile plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Karamile's incremental SNDi rose from 5.65 to 34.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karamile ranked 71st out of 71 cities in Oromia and 180th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
34.81
Rank in Ethiopia
181st of 181
Rank in Oromia
71st of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.12
Rank in Ethiopia
180th of 181
Rank in Oromia
71st of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0102030<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0102030<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaramileSinfraLada

Karamile, Sinfra, and Лада all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Karamile had a more connected network than Лада in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.