Hassi Bounif in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hassi Bounif 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
Hassi BounifOran (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hassi Bounif plotted against Oran and Algeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hassi Bounif's incremental SNDi rose from 1.96 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hassi Bounif ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Oran and 48th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in Algeria
71st of 109
Rank in Oran
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Algeria
48th of 109
Rank in Oran
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Hassi BounifUquoArganda del Rey

In new street additions, Hassi Bounif fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Uquo built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Arganda del Rey built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Hassi Bounif and Uquo both became progressively more disconnected, while Arganda del Rey grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Hassi Bounif had a more connected network than Arganda del Rey in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.