Adrar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Adrar in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AdrarAlgeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Adrar plotted against Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in Adrar peaked in 1976-1990, while Algeria followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Adrar's incremental SNDi fell from 1.41 to 1.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Adrar ranked 12th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.32
Rank in Algeria
8th of 109

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.42
Rank in Algeria
12th of 109

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AdrarKadiriShahbazpur

In new street additions, Adrar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kadiri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Shahbazpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Adrar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kadiri became progressively more disconnected and Shahbazpur became progressively more disconnected. Adrar and Kadiri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.