Souk El Arbaa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Souk El Arbaa in context

1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Souk El ArbaaGharb - 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 Souk El Arbaa plotted against Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Souk El Arbaa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen which peaked in 1976-1990 and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Souk El Arbaa's incremental SNDi fell from 2.07 to 1.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Souk El Arbaa ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen and 32nd out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in Morocco
26th of 72
Rank in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Morocco
32nd of 72
Rank in Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen
5th of 8

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
Souk El ArbaaXintianposiolok Nagornyi

In new street additions, Souk El Arbaa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Xintian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and посёлок Нагорный built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Souk El Arbaa fluctuated in connectivity, while Xintian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and посёлок Нагорный became progressively more disconnected. Souk El Arbaa and посёлок Нагорный have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.