Khemisset in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khemisset plotted against Rabat - Salé - Zemmour - Zaer and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Khemisset peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Rabat - Salé - Zemmour - Zaer which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khemisset's incremental SNDi fell from 1.5 to 1.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khemisset ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Rabat - Salé - Zemmour - Zaer and 6th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil
• Baniachong, Bangladesh
• Qiyang, China
• Chikkamagaluru, India
• Bukan, Iran
• Battambang, Cambodia

In new street additions, Khemisset built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Cachoeiro de Itapemirim built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chikkamagaluru built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Khemisset and Cachoeiro de Itapemirim both became progressively more disconnected, while Chikkamagaluru became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Khemisset and Cachoeiro de Itapemirim have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.