Sodo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sodo 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
SodoSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sodo 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, Sodo's incremental SNDi rose from 1.59 to 1.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sodo ranked 3rd out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 17th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Ethiopia
14th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
4th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.67
Rank in Ethiopia
17th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
3rd of 39

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SodoIlkalSangatta Utara

Sodo, Ilkal, and Sangatta Utara all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Sodo had a more sprawly network than Ilkal in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.