Nador in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nador in context

1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NadorOriental (Region)Morocco (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nador plotted against Oriental and Morocco. While Oriental and Morocco both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Nador's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nador's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 2.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nador ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Oriental and 40th out of 72 in Morocco as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Morocco
43rd of 72
Rank in Oriental
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Morocco
40th of 72
Rank in Oriental
5th of 5

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
NadorCergyYei

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