Axum in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Axum in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Axum plotted against Tigray and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Axum's incremental SNDi rose from 1.87 to 3.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Axum ranked 6th out of 12 cities in Tigray and 48th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.0
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 67th of 181
- Rank in Tigray
- 5th of 12
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.06
- Rank in Ethiopia
- 48th of 181
- Rank in Tigray
- 6th of 12
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Axum and Shatian both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hobart built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Axum became progressively more disconnected, while Hobart grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Shatian fluctuated in connectivity. Axum and Shatian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.