Safi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Safi in context

1.82.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SafiDoukkala - Abda (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Safi plotted against Doukkala - Abda and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Safi was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Doukkala - Abda which rose steadily and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Safi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.52 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Safi ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Doukkala - Abda and 41st out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Morocco
50th of 72
Rank in Doukkala - Abda
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in Morocco
41st of 72
Rank in Doukkala - Abda
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SafiMontpellierValladolid

While Montpellier and Valladolid both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Safi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Safi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Montpellier grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Valladolid became progressively more disconnected.