Mila in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mila 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
MilaAlgeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mila plotted against Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in Mila peaked in 1976-1990, while Algeria followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Mila's incremental SNDi fell from 2.66 to 2.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mila ranked 74th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Algeria
48th of 109

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Algeria
74th of 109

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MilaBantaengTetovo

In new street additions, Mila and Tetovo both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bantaeng built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Bantaeng and Tetovo both became progressively more disconnected, while Mila grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Mila had a more sprawly network than Bantaeng in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.