Basha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Basha 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
BashaSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Basha plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Basha peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Basha's incremental SNDi fell from 3.02 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Basha ranked 25th out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 103rd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in Ethiopia
53rd of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
15th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in Ethiopia
103rd of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
25th of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BashaChikhliCanakkale

In new street additions, Basha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chikhli built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Çanakkale fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Basha had a more connected network than Çanakkale in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.