Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma plotted against Tadla - Azilal and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma was at its lowest 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, Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 3.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Tadla - Azilal and 63rd out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Godagari, Bangladesh
• Chauhaddi, India
• Jalali, Iran
• Tarakandi, Bangladesh
• Aiyepe, Nigeria
• Katha, Myanmar

In new street additions, Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Godagari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tarakandi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Godagari became progressively more disconnected and Tarakandi became progressively more connected. Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma and Godagari have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.