Ain Taoujdate in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ain Taoujdate in context

1.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ain TaoujdateMeknes - Tafilalet (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ain Taoujdate plotted against Meknès - Tafilalet and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Ain Taoujdate peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Meknès - Tafilalet which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ain Taoujdate's incremental SNDi fell from 1.44 to 1.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ain Taoujdate ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Meknès - Tafilalet and 5th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.38
Rank in Morocco
3rd of 72
Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
1st of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.44
Rank in Morocco
5th of 72
Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ain TaoujdateDaoukroKahnuj

In new street additions, Ain Taoujdate built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Daoukro fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kahnuj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ain Taoujdate grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Daoukro became progressively more disconnected and Kahnuj became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Ain Taoujdate had a more sprawly network than Daoukro in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.