Bouira in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bouira in context

22.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BouiraAlgeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bouira plotted against Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in Bouira followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, while Algeria followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Bouira's incremental SNDi fell from 2.68 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bouira ranked 68th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Algeria
42nd of 109

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in Algeria
68th of 109

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BouiraTsevieYu

In new street additions, Bouira fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tsévié built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Yu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bouira fluctuated in connectivity, while Tsévié became progressively more disconnected and Yu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Bouira and Tsévié have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.