Sidi Bennour in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sidi Bennour in context

22.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sidi BennourDoukkala - Abda (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sidi Bennour plotted against Doukkala - Abda and Morocco. While Doukkala - Abda and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Sidi Bennour's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sidi Bennour's incremental SNDi rose from 1.94 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sidi Bennour ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Doukkala - Abda and 33rd out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Morocco
35th of 72
Rank in Doukkala - Abda
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Morocco
33rd of 72
Rank in Doukkala - Abda
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sidi BennourSaramabilaPagsanjan

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