Fkih Ben Salah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fkih Ben Salah in context

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fkih Ben SalahTadla - Azilal (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fkih Ben Salah plotted against Tadla - Azilal and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Fkih Ben Salah peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tadla - Azilal which peaked in 1991-2005 and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fkih Ben Salah's incremental SNDi fell from 3.34 to 2.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fkih Ben Salah ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Tadla - Azilal and 42nd out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in Morocco
41st of 72
Rank in Tadla - Azilal
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Morocco
42nd of 72
Rank in Tadla - Azilal
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fkih Ben SalahEkibastuzIbrat

In new street additions, Fkih Ben Salah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ekibastuz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ibrat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Fkih Ben Salah and Ibrat both became progressively more disconnected, while Ekibastuz fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Fkih Ben Salah had a more connected network than Ekibastuz in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.