Berrechid 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 Berrechid plotted against Chaouia - Ouardigha and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Berrechid was at its lowest 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, Berrechid's incremental SNDi rose from 1.87 to 2.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Berrechid ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Chaouia - Ouardigha and 35th 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?

• Golaghat, India
• Mahmudabad, India
• Xinshi, China
• Cẩm Phả, Vietnam
• Hayy as Salihiyah, Saudi Arabia
• Altamira, México

In new street additions, Berrechid built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Golaghat built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Cẩm Phả built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Berrechid became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Golaghat became progressively more disconnected and Cẩm Phả grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Berrechid and Golaghat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.