Marj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Marj in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MarjBenghazi (Region)Libya (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Marj plotted against Benghazi and Libya. The SNDi of new construction in Marj followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Benghazi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Libya which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Marj's incremental SNDi rose from 2.11 to 2.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Marj ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Benghazi and 2nd out of 13 in Libya as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Libya
2nd of 13
Rank in Benghazi
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.96
Rank in Libya
2nd of 13
Rank in Benghazi
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MarjLokossaRuicheng

In new street additions, Marj and Ruicheng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lokossa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Marj had a more sprawly network than Lokossa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.