Fez in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fez in context

22.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FezFes - Boulemane (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fez plotted against Fès - Boulemane and Morocco. While Fès - Boulemane and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Fez's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fez's incremental SNDi rose from 1.92 to 1.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fez ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Fès - Boulemane and 34th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Morocco
29th of 72
Rank in Fès - Boulemane
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in Morocco
34th of 72
Rank in Fès - Boulemane
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FezAnyangLiverpool

In new street additions, Fez fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Anyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Liverpool built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Anyang and Liverpool both became progressively more disconnected, while Fez grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Fez and Anyang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.