El Milia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Milia in context

3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El MiliaJijel (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Milia plotted against Jijel and Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in El Milia peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Jijel which peaked in 1976-1990 and Algeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, El Milia's incremental SNDi fell from 5.25 to 4.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Milia ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Jijel and 96th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.52
Rank in Algeria
93rd of 109
Rank in Jijel
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.27
Rank in Algeria
96th of 109
Rank in Jijel
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El MiliaPidongPetite-Riviere-de-l'Artibonite

In new street additions, El Milia and Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Pidong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, El Milia became progressively more disconnected, while Pidong fluctuated in connectivity and Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, El Milia had a more sprawly network than Pidong in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.