M'Rirt in context: Street-network sprawl trends

M'Rirt in context

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
M'RirtMeknes - Tafilalet (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with M'Rirt plotted against Meknès - Tafilalet and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in M'Rirt was at its lowest 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, M'Rirt's incremental SNDi rose from 1.32 to 2.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, M'Rirt ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Meknès - Tafilalet and 2nd out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Morocco
31st of 72
Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.4
Rank in Morocco
2nd of 72
Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
1st of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
M'RirtKedougouLal Qilla

In new street additions, M'Rirt and Kedougou both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Lal Qilla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, M'Rirt became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Kedougou became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Lal Qilla fluctuated in connectivity. M'Rirt and Kedougou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.