Azilal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Azilal in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AzilalTadla - Azilal (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Azilal plotted against Tadla - Azilal and Morocco. While Tadla - Azilal and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Azilal's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Azilal's incremental SNDi rose from 2.77 to 2.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Azilal ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Tadla - Azilal and 64th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in Morocco
58th of 72
Rank in Tadla - Azilal
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Morocco
64th of 72
Rank in Tadla - Azilal
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AzilalSunabedaGia Ray

While Sunabeda and Gia Ray both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Azilal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Sunabeda and Gia Ray both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Azilal fluctuated in connectivity. Azilal and Sunabeda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.