Sidi Yahya du Gharb in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sidi Yahya du Gharb in context

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sidi Yahya du GharbGharb - 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 Sidi Yahya du Gharb 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, Sidi Yahya du Gharb's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sidi Yahya du Gharb's incremental SNDi rose from 1.6 to 6.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sidi Yahya du Gharb ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen and 20th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.3
Rank in Morocco
72nd of 72
Rank in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.62
Rank in Morocco
20th of 72
Rank in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen
2nd 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
Sidi Yahya du GharbDantu DistrictBagheria

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