El Eulma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Eulma in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El EulmaSetif (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Eulma plotted against Sétif and Algeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, El Eulma's incremental SNDi rose from 1.72 to 2.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Eulma ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Sétif and 41st out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Algeria
44th of 109
Rank in Sétif
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.86
Rank in Algeria
41st of 109
Rank in Sétif
1st of 3

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
El EulmaSunboFahraj

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