Ouled-Teima in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ouled-Teima in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ouled-TeimaSouss - Massa - Draa (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ouled-Teima plotted against Souss - Massa - Draâ and Morocco. While Souss - Massa - Draâ and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ouled-Teima's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ouled-Teima's incremental SNDi rose from 1.57 to 1.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ouled-Teima ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in Souss - Massa - Draâ and 19th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.73
Rank in Morocco
22nd of 72
Rank in Souss - Massa - Draâ
2nd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.61
Rank in Morocco
19th of 72
Rank in Souss - Massa - Draâ
2nd of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ouled-TeimaBetouAdoor

In new street additions, Ouled-Teima fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bétou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Adoor built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Bétou and Adoor both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Ouled-Teima fluctuated in connectivity. Ouled-Teima and Bétou have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.