Al Aaroui in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Al Aaroui in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al Aaroui plotted against Oriental and Morocco. While Oriental and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Al Aaroui's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Al Aaroui's incremental SNDi rose from 1.48 to 1.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al Aaroui ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Oriental and 12th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.64
- Rank in Morocco
- 16th of 72
- Rank in Oriental
- 3rd of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.55
- Rank in Morocco
- 12th of 72
- Rank in Oriental
- 1st of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Banwaripur, India
- Chiure-Sede, Mozambique
- Lundazi, Zambia
- Mirassol, Brazil
- Angor, Uzbekistan
- El Azizia, Egypt
In new street additions, Al Aaroui and Banwaripur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mirassol built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Banwaripur and Mirassol both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Aaroui fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Al Aaroui had a more sprawly network than Mirassol in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.