Boditi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Boditi plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Boditi peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Boditi's incremental SNDi fell from 2.1 to 1.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Boditi ranked 15th out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 61st out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kalpi, India
• Khenifra, Morocco
• Miandoab, Iran
• Basankusu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Longnan, China
• Durrës, Albania

In new street additions, Boditi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kalpi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Basankusu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Kalpi and Basankusu both became progressively more disconnected, while Boditi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Boditi had a more sprawly network than Basankusu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.