Aourir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aourir in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AourirSouss - Massa - Draa (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aourir plotted against Souss - Massa - Draâ and Morocco. While Souss - Massa - Draâ and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Aourir's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Aourir's incremental SNDi rose from 3.57 to 3.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aourir ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Souss - Massa - Draâ and 71st out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.97
Rank in Morocco
70th of 72
Rank in Souss - Massa - Draâ
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in Morocco
71st of 72
Rank in Souss - Massa - Draâ
9th 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
AourirOkwagbeMoquegua

In new street additions, Aourir and Okwagbe both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Moquegua built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Aourir fluctuated in connectivity, while Okwagbe became progressively more disconnected and Moquegua became progressively more connected. Notably, Aourir had a more connected network than Moquegua in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.