Cheria in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Cheria in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cheria plotted against Tébessa and Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in Cheria 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, Cheria's incremental SNDi fell from 1.3 to 1.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cheria ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Tébessa and 3rd out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.18
- Rank in Algeria
- 3rd of 109
- Rank in Tébessa
- 1st of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.23
- Rank in Algeria
- 3rd of 109
- Rank in Tébessa
- 1st of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Novomoskovsk, Ukraine
- Fenghuang, China
- Kumanovo, North Macedonia
- Zhangping, China
- Kecamatan Pringgabaya, Indonesia
- Parbatta, India
In new street additions, Cheria and Novomoskovsk both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Zhangping built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Novomoskovsk and Zhangping both became progressively more disconnected, while Cheria grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.