Gode in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gode in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gode plotted against Somali and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Gode was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Somali which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gode's incremental SNDi rose from 1.12 to 1.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gode ranked 5th out of 12 cities in Somali and 10th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.5
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 7th of 181
- Rank in Somali
- 5th of 12
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.46
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 10th of 181
- Rank in Somali
- 5th of 12
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Taranto, Italy
- Sariaya, Philippines
- Gucheng, China
- Hemet, United States
- Yangluo Subdistrict, China
- Wuhai, China
In new street additions, Gode built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Taranto built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Hemet built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Taranto and Hemet both became progressively more disconnected, while Gode became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.