Hassi Bahbah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hassi Bahbah 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
Hassi BahbahDjelfa (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hassi Bahbah plotted against Djelfa and Algeria. While Djelfa and Algeria both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, Hassi Bahbah's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hassi Bahbah's incremental SNDi rose from 1.24 to 1.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hassi Bahbah ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Djelfa and 6th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.46
Rank in Algeria
14th of 109
Rank in Djelfa
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.3
Rank in Algeria
6th of 109
Rank in Djelfa
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hassi BahbahKundlaPhaltan

While Kundla and Phaltan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Hassi Bahbah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Hassi Bahbah and Phaltan both became progressively more disconnected, while Kundla fluctuated in connectivity. Hassi Bahbah and Phaltan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.