Kele in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kele in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KeleSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kele plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Kele 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, Kele's incremental SNDi rose from 2.2 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kele ranked 21st out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 80th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Ethiopia
40th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
12th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in Ethiopia
80th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
21st of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KeleAraguariArnavutkoy

Kele, Araguari, and Arnavutköy all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.