Meknes in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Meknes in context

22.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MeknesMeknes - Tafilalet (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Meknes plotted against Meknès - Tafilalet and Morocco. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Meknes's incremental SNDi rose from 2.06 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Meknes ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Meknès - Tafilalet and 43rd out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Morocco
34th of 72
Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.13
Rank in Morocco
43rd of 72
Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
6th of 7

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
MeknesFresnoLibreville

In new street additions, Meknes fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fresno built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Libreville built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Fresno and Libreville both became progressively more disconnected, while Meknes grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Meknes and Fresno have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.