Azrou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Azrou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Azrou plotted against Meknès - Tafilalet and Morocco. The SNDi of new construction in Azrou followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Meknès - Tafilalet which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Morocco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Azrou's incremental SNDi fell from 1.91 to 1.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Azrou ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Meknès - Tafilalet and 29th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.45
- Rank in Morocco
- 4th of 72
- Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.89
- Rank in Morocco
- 29th of 72
- Rank in Meknès - Tafilalet
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shahand and Al Gharraf both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Azrou fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full network, Azrou became progressively more connected, while Shahand became progressively more disconnected and Al Gharraf grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Azrou and Shahand have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.