Agadir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Agadir in context

2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AgadirSouss - Massa - Draa (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Agadir plotted against Souss - Massa - Draâ and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Agadir peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Souss - Massa - Draâ which peaked in 1976-1990 and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Agadir's incremental SNDi fell from 2.51 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Agadir ranked 3rd out of 9 cities in Souss - Massa - Draâ and 44th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Morocco
33rd of 72
Rank in Souss - Massa - Draâ
4th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Morocco
44th of 72
Rank in Souss - Massa - Draâ
3rd of 9

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
AgadirKrasnodarAbbottabad

While Krasnodar and Abbottabad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Agadir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Krasnodar and Abbottabad both became progressively more disconnected, while Agadir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Agadir and Krasnodar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.