Durame in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Durame 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
DurameSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Durame plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Durame 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, Durame's incremental SNDi rose from 2.51 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Durame ranked 19th out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 73rd out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in Ethiopia
90th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
23rd of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in Ethiopia
73rd of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
19th of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DurameAr RijadPyeongtaek

In new street additions, Durame built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ar Rijad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Pyeongtaek fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Durame and Pyeongtaek both became progressively more disconnected, while Ar Rijad became progressively more connected. Notably, Durame had a more connected network than Pyeongtaek in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.