Nedjo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nedjo 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
NedjoOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nedjo plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Nedjo peaked 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, Nedjo's incremental SNDi fell from 2.4 to 2.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nedjo ranked 20th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 52nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in Ethiopia
30th of 181
Rank in Oromia
10th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in Ethiopia
52nd of 181
Rank in Oromia
20th of 71

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NedjoKaliszMatale

In new street additions, Nedjo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kalisz built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Matale built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Nedjo and Kalisz have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.