Gafsa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gafsa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gafsa plotted against Tunisia. Both Gafsa and Tunisia follow the same trend. Most recently, Gafsa's incremental SNDi fell from 2.24 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gafsa ranked 14th out of 24 in Tunisia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.91
- Rank in Tunisia
- 8th of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.08
- Rank in Tunisia
- 14th of 24
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Zalantun, China
- Renhuai, China
- Ambatolahy II, Madagascar
- Coronel Fabriciano, Brazil
- Salehia, Egypt
- Pinghe, China
In new street additions, Gafsa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Zalantun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Coronel Fabriciano built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Gafsa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Zalantun fluctuated in connectivity and Coronel Fabriciano became progressively more disconnected. Gafsa and Coronel Fabriciano have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.