Errachidia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Errachidia 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
ErrachidiaMeknes - Tafilalet (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Errachidia plotted against Meknès - Tafilalet and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Errachidia fell steadily, 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, Errachidia's incremental SNDi fell from 1.84 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Errachidia ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Meknès - Tafilalet and 37th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Morocco
23rd of 72
Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
4th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.0
Rank in Morocco
37th of 72
Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ErrachidiaMohaniaBush

In new street additions, Errachidia built increasingly connected streets over time, while Mohania built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Bush built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Errachidia became progressively more connected, while Mohania became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Bush became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.