M'Diq in context: Street-network sprawl trends

M'Diq in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
M'DiqTanger - Tetouan (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with M'Diq plotted against Tanger - Tétouan and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in M'Diq was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, M'Diq's incremental SNDi rose from 1.79 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, M'Diq ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Tanger - Tétouan and 39th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Morocco
67th of 72
Rank in Tanger - Tétouan
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Morocco
39th of 72
Rank in Tanger - Tétouan
4th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
M'DiqTabaLukala

In new street additions, M'Diq built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Taba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lukala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, M'Diq became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Taba became progressively more connected and Lukala became progressively more disconnected. M'Diq and Taba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.