Beni Mellal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beni Mellal in context

1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Beni MellalTadla - Azilal (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beni Mellal plotted against Tadla - Azilal and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Beni Mellal peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Tadla - Azilal which peaked in 1991-2005 and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Beni Mellal's incremental SNDi fell from 2.6 to 2.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beni Mellal ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Tadla - Azilal and 53rd out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.43
Rank in Morocco
42nd of 72
Rank in Tadla - Azilal
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in Morocco
53rd of 72
Rank in Tadla - Azilal
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Beni MellalAbu KabirKrefeld

In new street additions, Beni Mellal and Krefeld both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Abu Kabir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Beni Mellal and Krefeld have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.