Mohammadia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mohammadia in context

2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MohammadiaMascara (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mohammadia plotted against Mascara and Algeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mohammadia's incremental SNDi rose from 2.37 to 3.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mohammadia ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Mascara and 65th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Algeria
77th of 109
Rank in Mascara
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Algeria
65th of 109
Rank in Mascara
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MohammadiaManviHildesheim

In new street additions, Mohammadia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Manvi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hildesheim built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Mohammadia and Hildesheim both became progressively more disconnected, while Manvi fluctuated in connectivity.