Touggourt in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Touggourt in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Touggourt plotted against Ouargla and Algeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Touggourt's incremental SNDi rose from 1.25 to 1.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Touggourt ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Ouargla and 9th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.49
- Rank in Algeria
- 15th of 109
- Rank in Ouargla
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.35
- Rank in Algeria
- 9th of 109
- Rank in Ouargla
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Touggourt fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Irinjalakuda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Bari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Touggourt fluctuated in connectivity, while Irinjalakuda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Bari grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Touggourt and Bari have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.