Yavne in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yavne in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YavneHaMerkaz (Region)Israel (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yavne plotted against HaMerkaz and Israel. The SNDi of new construction in Yavne followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to HaMerkaz which peaked in 1991-2005 and Israel which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Yavne's incremental SNDi fell from 3.95 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yavne ranked 5th out of 7 cities in HaMerkaz and 11th out of 22 in Israel as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Israel
1st of 22
Rank in HaMerkaz
1st of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in Israel
11th of 22
Rank in HaMerkaz
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YavneJingguanSampov Lun

In new street additions, Yavne and Jingguan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sampov Lun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Yavne and Jingguan both fluctuated in connectivity, while Sampov Lun became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Yavne and Jingguan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.