Akesta: city in Amhara, Ethiopia
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Akesta as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 3.16, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, nan, nan and 3.16. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Akesta spans a total of 18 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are nan, nan, nan and 3.16. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Akesta and Amhara do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Amhara was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
How do development practices in Akesta fare in comparison to others in Amhara? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Akesta was the 16th-most disconnected out of the 49 cities in Amhara. Akesta ranked 16th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Akesta and Ethiopia do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Ethiopia followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
How do development practices in Akesta fare in comparison to others in Ethiopia? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Akesta was the 41st-most disconnected out of the 252 cities in Ethiopia. Akesta ranked 41st in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Akesta and Amhara do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Amhara was at its lowest in 1976-1990.
To date, Akesta is the 17th-most disconnected out of the 49 cities in Amhara. Akesta ranked 17th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Akesta and Ethiopia do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Ethiopia followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
To date, Akesta is the 36th-most disconnected out of the 252 cities in Ethiopia. Akesta ranked 36th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Akesta had a built-up area of 0.19 square kilometers, and a population of 97208 people.
These are some other cities with approximately the same population: