Kebri Dehar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kebri Dehar in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kebri DeharSomali (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kebri Dehar plotted against Somali and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Kebri Dehar 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, Kebri Dehar's incremental SNDi rose from 1.42 to 1.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kebri Dehar ranked 6th out of 12 cities in Somali and 32nd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.92
Rank in Ethiopia
17th of 181
Rank in Somali
6th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in Ethiopia
32nd of 181
Rank in Somali
6th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kebri DeharHuangpiBreda

In new street additions, Kebri Dehar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Huangpi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Breda built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kebri Dehar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Huangpi became progressively more connected and Breda became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Kebri Dehar had a more sprawly network than Breda in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.