Bir El Ater in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bir El Ater in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bir El Ater plotted against Tébessa and Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in Bir El Ater peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Tébessa which peaked in 1976-1990 and Algeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Bir El Ater's incremental SNDi fell from 1.61 to 1.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bir El Ater ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Tébessa and 31st out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.57
- Rank in Algeria
- 21st of 109
- Rank in Tébessa
- 2nd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.67
- Rank in Algeria
- 31st of 109
- Rank in Tébessa
- 2nd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dhanbari, Bangladesh
- Mit Afia, Egypt
- Sainthia, India
- Mulabagilu, India
- Qalat Sukkar, Iraq
- Parsabad, Iran
In new street additions, Bir El Ater built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dhanbari built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Mulabagilu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bir El Ater grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dhanbari became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Mulabagilu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Bir El Ater had a more sprawly network than Mulabagilu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.