Benslimane in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Benslimane plotted against Chaouia - Ouardigha and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Benslimane peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Chaouia - Ouardigha which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Benslimane's incremental SNDi fell from 1.78 to 1.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Benslimane ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Chaouia - Ouardigha and 17th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Eskilstuna, Sweden
• Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• Ra's Tannurah, Saudi Arabia
• Goz Beïda, Chad
• Karacabey, Turkey
• Lundazi, Zambia

While Eskilstuna and Goz Beïda both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Benslimane built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Benslimane grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Eskilstuna became progressively more disconnected and Goz Beïda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Benslimane and Eskilstuna have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.