Remchi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Remchi in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RemchiTlemcen (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Remchi plotted against Tlemcen and Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in Remchi peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tlemcen which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Algeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Remchi's incremental SNDi fell from 2.23 to 2.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Remchi ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Tlemcen and 47th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Algeria
41st of 109
Rank in Tlemcen
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in Algeria
47th of 109
Rank in Tlemcen
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RemchiSananaFraaisig

In new street additions, Remchi and Sanana both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Fraaisig built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Remchi and Sanana have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.