El M'Ghair in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El M'Ghair 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
El M'GhairEl Oued (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El M'Ghair plotted against El Oued and Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in El M'Ghair followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to El Oued which fell steadily and Algeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, El M'Ghair's incremental SNDi fell from 1.6 to 1.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El M'Ghair ranked 4th out of 4 cities in El Oued and 23rd out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.27
Rank in Algeria
6th of 109
Rank in El Oued
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.52
Rank in Algeria
23rd of 109
Rank in El Oued
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El M'GhairXidianGoiana

In new street additions, El M'Ghair and Xidian both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Goiana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, El M'Ghair and Xidian both became progressively more connected, while Goiana became progressively more disconnected. El M'Ghair and Xidian have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.