Ksar Hellal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ksar Hellal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ksar Hellal plotted against Monastir and Tunisia. The SNDi of new construction in Ksar Hellal followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Monastir which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Tunisia which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Ksar Hellal's incremental SNDi rose from 1.66 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ksar Hellal ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Monastir and 3rd out of 24 in Tunisia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.79
- Rank in Tunisia
- 7th of 24
- Rank in Monastir
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.56
- Rank in Tunisia
- 3rd of 24
- Rank in Monastir
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ksar Hellal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Phulpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Tulus built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ksar Hellal and Tulus both became progressively more disconnected, while Phulpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ksar Hellal and Tulus have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.