Aleta Wendo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aleta Wendo in context

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Aleta WendoSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aleta Wendo plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Aleta Wendo 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, Aleta Wendo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.04 to 2.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aleta Wendo ranked 9th out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 33rd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Ethiopia
23rd of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
6th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.86
Rank in Ethiopia
33rd of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
9th 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
Aleta WendoIle OlujiKasaji

Aleta Wendo, Ile Oluji, and Kasaji all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Aleta Wendo and Ile Oluji have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.