Azemmour in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Azemmour in context

2.22.42.62.83<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.22.42.62.83<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AzemmourDoukkala - Abda (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Azemmour plotted against Doukkala - Abda and Morocco. While Doukkala - Abda and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Azemmour's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Azemmour's incremental SNDi rose from 2.59 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Azemmour ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Doukkala - Abda and 56th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Morocco
53rd of 72
Rank in Doukkala - Abda
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in Morocco
56th of 72
Rank in Doukkala - Abda
4th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AzemmourUshikuLabuha

In new street additions, Azemmour fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ushiku built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Labuha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Azemmour and Labuha both became progressively more disconnected, while Ushiku grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Azemmour and Labuha have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.