Feres Bet: 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 Feres Bet as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.14, which is relatively well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, nan, nan and 1.9. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Feres Bet spans a total of 53 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 2.14. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 1991-2000.
Feres Bet 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 Feres Bet fare in comparison to others in Amhara? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Feres Bet was the 28th-most disconnected out of the 49 cities in Amhara. Feres Bet ranked 28th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Feres Bet 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 Feres Bet fare in comparison to others in Ethiopia? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Feres Bet was the 82nd-most disconnected out of the 252 cities in Ethiopia. Feres Bet ranked 82nd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Feres Bet 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, Feres Bet is the 24th-most disconnected out of the 49 cities in Amhara. Feres Bet ranked 24th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Feres Bet 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, Feres Bet is the 69th-most disconnected out of the 252 cities in Ethiopia. Feres Bet ranked 69th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Feres Bet had a built-up area of 0.22 square kilometers, and a population of 182352 people.
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