Tebela in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tebela in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TebelaSouthern Nations, Nationalities (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tebela 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, Tebela's incremental SNDi rose from 3.05 to 3.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tebela ranked 31st out of 39 cities in Southern Nations, Nationalities and 128th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in Ethiopia
97th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
26th of 39

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in Ethiopia
128th of 181
Rank in Southern Nations, Nationalities
31st 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
TebelaGuaratinguetaYenakiieve

While Guaratinguetá and Yenakiieve both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Tebela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Guaratinguetá and Yenakiieve both became progressively more disconnected, while Tebela fluctuated in connectivity. Tebela and Guaratinguetá have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.