Tangier in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tangier in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tangier plotted against Tanger - Tétouan and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Tangier rose steadily, 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, Tangier's incremental SNDi rose from 2.05 to 2.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tangier ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Tanger - Tétouan and 28th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.48
- Rank in Morocco
- 46th of 72
- Rank in Tanger - Tétouan
- 3rd of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in Morocco
- 28th of 72
- Rank in Tanger - Tétouan
- 2nd of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Faizabad, India
- Marrakesh, Morocco
- Asyut, Egypt
- Bangui, Central African Republic
- Guilin, China
- Pekanbaru, Indonesia
In new street additions, Tangier and Faizabad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bangui built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.