M'Sila in context: Street-network sprawl trends

M'Sila 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
M'SilaAlgeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with M'Sila plotted against Algeria. Both M'Sila and Algeria follow the same trend. Most recently, M'Sila's incremental SNDi rose from 1.47 to 1.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, M'Sila ranked 34th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.86
Rank in Algeria
34th of 109

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in Algeria
34th of 109

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
M'SilaKaura-NamodaSiverek

In new street additions, M'Sila and Siverek both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kaura-Namoda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, M'Sila and Siverek both fluctuated in connectivity, while Kaura-Namoda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. M'Sila and Siverek have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.