M'Daourouch in context: Street-network sprawl trends

M'Daourouch in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
M'DaourouchSouk Ahras (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with M'Daourouch plotted against Souk Ahras and Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in M'Daourouch rose steadily, compared to Souk Ahras which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Algeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, M'Daourouch's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 2.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, M'Daourouch ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Souk Ahras and 62nd out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Algeria
70th of 109
Rank in Souk Ahras
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Algeria
62nd of 109
Rank in Souk Ahras
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
M'DaourouchPataniKaedi

In new street additions, M'Daourouch and Patani both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kaédi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, M'Daourouch and Patani both became progressively more disconnected, while Kaédi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, M'Daourouch had a more sprawly network than Patani in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.