Alaba Kulito in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Alaba Kulito 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
Alaba KulitoSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Alaba Kulito plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Alaba Kulito rose steadily, compared to Southern Nations, Nationalities which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ethiopia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Alaba Kulito's incremental SNDi rose from 2.09 to 2.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Alaba Kulito ranked 12th out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 40th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in Ethiopia
65th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
17th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Ethiopia
40th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
12th of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Alaba KulitoIkere-EkitiMonywa

In new street additions, Alaba Kulito and Ikere-Ekiti both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Monywa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Alaba Kulito and Ikere-Ekiti both became progressively more disconnected, while Monywa fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Alaba Kulito had a more connected network than Monywa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.