Shakiso in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shakiso in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shakiso plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Shakiso rose steadily, 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, Shakiso's incremental SNDi rose from 2.68 to 5.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shakiso ranked 61st out of 71 cities in Oromia and 153rd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.57
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 157th of 181
- Rank in Oromia
- 62nd of 71
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.51
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 153rd of 181
- Rank in Oromia
- 61st of 71
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tanuku, India
- Mohmadi, India
- Dharmavaram, India
- Devsar, Jammu and Kashmir
- Hwado, South Korea
- Denov, Uzbekistan
In new street additions, Shakiso and Tanuku both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Devsar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shakiso and Tanuku both became progressively more disconnected, while Devsar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Shakiso and Tanuku have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.