Rosh HaAyin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rosh HaAyin in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rosh HaAyinHaMerkaz (Region)Israel (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rosh HaAyin plotted against HaMerkaz and Israel. The SNDi of new construction in Rosh HaAyin peaked in 1976-1990, compared to HaMerkaz which peaked in 1991-2005 and Israel which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Rosh HaAyin's incremental SNDi fell from 4.72 to 4.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rosh HaAyin ranked 7th out of 7 cities in HaMerkaz and 15th out of 22 in Israel as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.62
Rank in Israel
15th of 22
Rank in HaMerkaz
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.41
Rank in Israel
15th of 22
Rank in HaMerkaz
7th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rosh HaAyinTankSrinagar

In new street additions, Rosh HaAyin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tank built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Srinagar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Rosh HaAyin and Tank both became progressively more disconnected, while Srinagar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Rosh HaAyin and Tank have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.