El Kelaa des Sraghna in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Kelaa des Sraghna plotted against Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in El Kelaa des Sraghna was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz which peaked in 1976-1990 and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, El Kelaa des Sraghna's incremental SNDi rose from 1.37 to 1.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Kelaa des Sraghna ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz and 10th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Çorlu, Turkey
• Chaman, Pakistan
• Botoșani, Romania
• Fairfield, United States
• Anhua, China
• Jinsha, China

In new street additions, El Kelaa des Sraghna built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Çorlu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Fairfield built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, El Kelaa des Sraghna became progressively more connected, while Çorlu became progressively more disconnected and Fairfield grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, El Kelaa des Sraghna had a more sprawly network than Çorlu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.