Chlef in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chlef in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chlef plotted against Algeria. Both Chlef and Algeria follow the same trend. Most recently, Chlef's incremental SNDi rose from 3.44 to 3.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chlef ranked 80th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.62
- Rank in Algeria
- 82nd of 109
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.29
- Rank in Algeria
- 80th of 109
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Parli, India
- Somerset West, South Africa
- Asella, Ethiopia
- Turkestan, Kazakhstan
- Beersheba, Israel
- Al Roda, Egypt
In new street additions, Chlef and Parli both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Turkestan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Chlef became progressively more disconnected, while Parli fluctuated in connectivity and Turkestan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Chlef and Turkestan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.