Oued Zem in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Oued Zem in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oued Zem plotted against Chaouia - Ouardigha and Morocco. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Oued Zem's incremental SNDi rose from 1.68 to 1.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oued Zem ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Chaouia - Ouardigha and 21st out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in Morocco
- 27th of 72
- Rank in Chaouia - Ouardigha
- 5th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.65
- Rank in Morocco
- 21st of 72
- Rank in Chaouia - Ouardigha
- 2nd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Oued Zem and Wuyuan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while G'ijduvon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Oued Zem and Wuyuan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.