Yirga Cheffe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yirga Cheffe in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Yirga CheffeOromia (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yirga Cheffe plotted against Oromia and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Yirga Cheffe 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, Yirga Cheffe's incremental SNDi rose from 2.53 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yirga Cheffe ranked 33rd out of 71 cities in Oromia and 81st out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in Ethiopia
104th of 181
Rank in Oromia
40th of 71

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in Ethiopia
81st of 181
Rank in Oromia
33rd 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
Yirga CheffeHuaiyuanChurachandpur

Yirga Cheffe, Huaiyuan, and Churachandpur all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Yirga Cheffe and Huaiyuan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.