Sawla Felege Neway in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sawla Felege Neway 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
Sawla Felege NewaySouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sawla Felege Neway plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Sawla Felege Neway 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, Sawla Felege Neway's incremental SNDi rose from 2.33 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sawla Felege Neway ranked 22nd out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 84th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Ethiopia
77th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
19th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Ethiopia
84th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
22nd of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sawla Felege NewayTolanaroPena Negra

In new street additions, Sawla Felege Neway and Tolanaro both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Peña Negra built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sawla Felege Neway became progressively more disconnected, while Tolanaro became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Peña Negra became progressively more connected. Sawla Felege Neway and Peña Negra have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.