Hawassa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hawassa 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
HawassaSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hawassa plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hawassa's incremental SNDi rose from 1.85 to 2.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hawassa ranked 13th out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 41st out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.06
Rank in Ethiopia
20th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
5th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.98
Rank in Ethiopia
41st of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
13th of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HawassaOgbomoshoKralpora

While Ogbomosho and Kralpora both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Hawassa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ogbomosho and Kralpora both became progressively more disconnected, while Hawassa fluctuated in connectivity. Hawassa and Ogbomosho have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.