Khemis El Khechna in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khemis El Khechna in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khemis El KhechnaBoumerdes (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khemis El Khechna plotted against Boumerdès and Algeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Khemis El Khechna's incremental SNDi rose from 5.28 to 5.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khemis El Khechna ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Boumerdès and 108th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.76
Rank in Algeria
103rd of 109
Rank in Boumerdès
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.4
Rank in Algeria
108th of 109
Rank in Boumerdès
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khemis El KhechnaDevakottaiSumerpur

While Devakottai and Sumerpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Khemis El Khechna fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.