K'Ali K'Esa Bota in context: Street-network sprawl trends

K'Ali K'Esa Bota in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
K'Ali K'Esa BotaSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with K'Ali K'Esa Bota 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, K'Ali K'Esa Bota's incremental SNDi rose from 2.36 to 3.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, K'Ali K'Esa Bota ranked 33rd out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 137th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in Ethiopia
91st of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
24th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in Ethiopia
137th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
33rd of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
K'Ali K'Esa BotaUong BiXinxian

In new street additions, K'Ali K'Esa Bota and Xinxian both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Uông Bí built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Uông Bí and Xinxian both became progressively more disconnected, while K'Ali K'Esa Bota fluctuated in connectivity. K'Ali K'Esa Bota and Xinxian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.