El Jadida in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Jadida in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El JadidaDoukkala - Abda (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Jadida plotted against Doukkala - Abda and Morocco. While Doukkala - Abda and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, El Jadida's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, El Jadida's incremental SNDi rose from 2.25 to 2.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Jadida ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Doukkala - Abda and 47th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in Morocco
51st of 72
Rank in Doukkala - Abda
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Morocco
47th of 72
Rank in Doukkala - Abda
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El JadidaFuningZhangye

In new street additions, El Jadida and Funing both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zhangye built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, El Jadida and Funing both became progressively more disconnected, while Zhangye became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. El Jadida and Funing have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.