Degehabur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Degehabur in context

01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DegehaburSomali (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Degehabur plotted against Somali and Ethiopia. While Somali and Ethiopia both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Degehabur's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Degehabur's incremental SNDi rose from 0.77 to 0.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Degehabur ranked 2nd out of 12 cities in Somali and 2nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.92
Rank in Ethiopia
2nd of 181
Rank in Somali
2nd of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
0.88
Rank in Ethiopia
2nd of 181
Rank in Somali
2nd of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DegehaburCuaDogubayazit

In new street additions, Degehabur and Cúa both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Doğubayazıt built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Degehabur became progressively more disconnected, while Cúa fluctuated in connectivity and Doğubayazıt became progressively more connected. Degehabur and Doğubayazıt have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.