El Oued in context: Street-network sprawl trends
El Oued in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Oued plotted against Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in El Oued was at its lowest in 1991-2005, while Algeria followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, El Oued's incremental SNDi rose from 1.14 to 1.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Oued ranked 1st out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.15
- Rank in Algeria
- 2nd of 109
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.16
- Rank in Algeria
- 1st of 109
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Kasaragod and Suva both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, El Oued built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kasaragod and Suva both became progressively more disconnected, while El Oued became progressively more connected.