Azrou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Azrou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Azrou plotted against Meknès - Tafilalet and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Azrou followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Azrou's incremental SNDi fell from 1.91 to 1.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Azrou ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Meknès - Tafilalet and 29th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.45
- Rank in Morocco
- 4th of 72
- Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in Morocco
- 29th of 72
- Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Shahand and Al Gharraf both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Azrou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Azrou became progressively more connected, while Shahand became progressively more disconnected and Al Gharraf grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Azrou and Shahand have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.