Daliyat al-Karmel in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Daliyat al-Karmel plotted against Haifa and Israel. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Daliyat al-Karmel's incremental SNDi fell from 6.93 to 6.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Daliyat al-Karmel ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Haifa and 22nd out of 22 in Israel as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Jemmal, Tunisia
• Kwa Ibo, Nigeria
• Caleta Olivia, Argentina
• Zhenwen, China
• Okpogho, Nigeria
• Mpika, Zambia

In new street additions, Daliyat al-Karmel built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jemmal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Zhenwen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Daliyat al-Karmel became progressively more disconnected, while Jemmal became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Zhenwen fluctuated in connectivity. Daliyat al-Karmel and Jemmal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.