Beersheba in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Beersheba in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beersheba plotted against HaDarom and Israel. The SNDi of new construction in Beersheba rose steadily, compared to HaDarom which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Israel which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Beersheba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 2.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beersheba ranked 1st out of 3 cities in HaDarom and 1st out of 22 in Israel as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.44
- Rank in Israel
- 3rd of 22
- Rank in HaDarom
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.94
- Rank in Israel
- 1st of 22
- Rank in HaDarom
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Turkestan, Kazakhstan
- Chlef, Algeria
- Parli, India
- Al Roda, Egypt
- Tarlac City, Philippines
- Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
In new street additions, Beersheba built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Turkestan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Al Roda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Beersheba became progressively more disconnected, while Turkestan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Al Roda fluctuated in connectivity.