Bejaad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bejaad in context

1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BejaadChaouia - Ouardigha (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bejaad plotted against Chaouia - Ouardigha and Morocco. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bejaad's incremental SNDi rose from 1.63 to 1.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bejaad ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Chaouia - Ouardigha and 25th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in Morocco
19th of 72
Rank in Chaouia - Ouardigha
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in Morocco
25th of 72
Rank in Chaouia - Ouardigha
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BejaadBalkhRocklin

In new street additions, Bejaad and Balkh both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rocklin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bejaad grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Balkh became progressively more disconnected and Rocklin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.