Relizane in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Relizane in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RelizaneAlgeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Relizane plotted against Algeria. The SNDi of new construction in Relizane rose steadily, while Algeria followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Relizane's incremental SNDi rose from 2.14 to 2.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Relizane ranked 43rd out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Algeria
47th of 109

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.92
Rank in Algeria
43rd of 109

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RelizaneBaturajaZaheerabad

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