Khenchela in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khenchela in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhenchelaAlgeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khenchela plotted against Algeria. Both Khenchela and Algeria follow the same trend. Most recently, Khenchela's incremental SNDi rose from 1.48 to 1.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khenchela ranked 26th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.53
Rank in Algeria
18th of 109

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.57
Rank in Algeria
26th of 109

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhenchelaJinzhouMelitopol

In new street additions, Khenchela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jinzhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Melitopol built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Khenchela grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Jinzhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Melitopol became progressively more disconnected.