Maychew in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maychew in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaychewTigray (Region)Ethiopia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maychew plotted against Tigray and Ethiopia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Maychew's incremental SNDi rose from 3.53 to 5.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maychew ranked 11th out of 12 cities in Tigray and 145th out of 181 in Ethiopia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.37
Rank in Ethiopia
153rd of 181
Rank in Tigray
11th of 12

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.34
Rank in Ethiopia
145th of 181
Rank in Tigray
11th of 12

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaychewPortervilleMundok

In new street additions, Maychew fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Porterville built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mundok built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Maychew and Porterville both became progressively more disconnected, while Mundok became progressively more connected. Notably, Maychew had a more connected network than Porterville in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.