Shone in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shone in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShoneSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shone plotted against Southern Nations, Nationalities and Ethiopia. The SNDi of new construction in Shone 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, Shone's incremental SNDi rose from 1.47 to 1.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shone ranked 1st out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 6th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.58
Rank in Ethiopia
8th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
1st of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.36
Rank in Ethiopia
6th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
1st of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShoneDongyingJhalawar

In new street additions, Shone and Jhalawar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dongying built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shone and Jhalawar both became progressively more disconnected, while Dongying became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Shone and Jhalawar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.