Shambu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shambu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shambu plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shambu's incremental SNDi rose from 3.16 to 7.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shambu ranked 48th out of 71 cities in Oromia and 117th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.07
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 171st of 181
- Rank in Oromia
- 66th of 71
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.89
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 117th of 181
- Rank in Oromia
- 48th of 71
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Napier, New Zealand
- Schwerin, Germany
- Tartagal, Argentina
- Mililani, United States
- Tchamba, Togo
- Nkwanta, Ghana
In new street additions, Shambu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Napier fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mililani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Shambu and Mililani both became progressively more disconnected, while Napier became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Shambu and Napier have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.