Khemis Miliana in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khemis Miliana in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khemis Miliana plotted against Aïn Defla and Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in Khemis Miliana peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Aïn Defla which peaked in 1976-1990 and Algeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Khemis Miliana's incremental SNDi fell from 4.01 to 3.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khemis Miliana ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Aïn Defla and 83rd out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.26
- Rank in Algeria
- 80th of 109
- Rank in Aïn Defla
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.35
- Rank in Algeria
- 83rd of 109
- Rank in Aïn Defla
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Khemis Miliana built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Liaquatpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Fatsa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Khemis Miliana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Liaquatpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Fatsa became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Khemis Miliana had a more connected network than Liaquatpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.