Mascara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mascara in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MascaraAlgeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mascara plotted against Algeria. Both Mascara and Algeria follow the same trend. Most recently, Mascara's incremental SNDi rose from 2.24 to 2.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mascara ranked 55th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Algeria
52nd of 109

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Algeria
55th of 109

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MascaraJinhu CountyThika

In new street additions, Mascara and Thika both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jinhu County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Mascara had a more sprawly network than Jinhu County in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.