Kenitra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kenitra in context

1.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KenitraGharb - Chrarda - Beni Hssen (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kenitra plotted against Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen and Morocco. While Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kenitra's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kenitra's incremental SNDi rose from 1.57 to 1.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kenitra ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen and 9th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.62
Rank in Morocco
14th of 72
Rank in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.51
Rank in Morocco
9th of 72
Rank in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KenitraConstantineKatsina

In new street additions, Kenitra fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Constantine built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Katsina built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kenitra and Katsina have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.