Taroudant in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Taroudant in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaroudantSouss - Massa - Draa (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taroudant plotted against Souss - Massa - Draâ and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Taroudant followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Souss - Massa - Draâ which peaked in 1976-1990 and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Taroudant's incremental SNDi fell from 4.56 to 2.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Taroudant ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Souss - Massa - Draâ and 67th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Morocco
54th of 72
Rank in Souss - Massa - Draâ
6th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in Morocco
67th of 72
Rank in Souss - Massa - Draâ
7th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaroudantMidyatkoya

In new street additions, Taroudant fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Midyat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and koya built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Taroudant fluctuated in connectivity, while Midyat became progressively more connected and koya became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.