Sefrou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sefrou in context

1.822.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.822.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SefrouFes - Boulemane (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sefrou plotted against Fès - Boulemane and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Sefrou rose steadily, compared to Fès - Boulemane which peaked in 1976-1990 and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sefrou's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sefrou ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Fès - Boulemane and 46th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in Morocco
39th of 72
Rank in Fès - Boulemane
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in Morocco
46th of 72
Rank in Fès - Boulemane
2nd of 2

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
SefrouDaoxuThongwa

In new street additions, Sefrou and Thongwa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Daoxu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Sefrou and Thongwa both became progressively more disconnected, while Daoxu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Sefrou and Thongwa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.