Tataouine in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tataouine 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
TataouineTunisia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tataouine plotted against Tunisia. The SNDi of new construction in Tataouine followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Tunisia peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Tataouine's incremental SNDi rose from 2.17 to 2.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tataouine ranked 15th out of 24 in Tunisia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.2
Rank in Tunisia
14th of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Tunisia
15th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TataouineBeit ShemeshWencheng

While Beit Shemesh and Wencheng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Tataouine fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Tataouine became progressively more disconnected, while Beit Shemesh became progressively more connected and Wencheng became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.