Mendi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mendi in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MendiOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mendi plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Mendi 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, Mendi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.86 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mendi ranked 26th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 62nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.75
Rank in Ethiopia
41st of 181
Rank in Oromia
15th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Ethiopia
62nd of 181
Rank in Oromia
26th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MendiElblagHudur

In new street additions, Mendi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Elbląg fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hudur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Mendi and Hudur both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Elbląg became progressively more disconnected. Mendi and Hudur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.