Chefchaouen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chefchaouen in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChefchaouenTanger - Tetouan (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chefchaouen plotted against Tanger - Tétouan and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Chefchaouen peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tanger - Tétouan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chefchaouen's incremental SNDi fell from 3.3 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chefchaouen ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Tanger - Tétouan and 66th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Morocco
55th of 72
Rank in Tanger - Tétouan
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Morocco
66th of 72
Rank in Tanger - Tétouan
8th of 8

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
ChefchaouenHuntington StationDongguang

In new street additions, Chefchaouen and Dongguang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Huntington Station fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chefchaouen and Dongguang both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Huntington Station became progressively more disconnected. Chefchaouen and Dongguang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.