Al-Kaf in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Al-Kaf in context

1.82.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-KafLe Kef (Region)Tunisia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Al-Kaf plotted against Le Kef and Tunisia. The SNDi of new construction in Al-Kaf followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Le Kef which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Tunisia which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Al-Kaf's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Al-Kaf ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Le Kef and 9th out of 24 in Tunisia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Tunisia
15th of 24
Rank in Le Kef
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.96
Rank in Tunisia
9th of 24
Rank in Le Kef
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Al-KafBloomingtonTongaat

In new street additions, Al-Kaf and Bloomington both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tongaat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Al-Kaf and Bloomington have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.