Nazareth in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nazareth in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nazareth plotted against HaZafon and Israel. The SNDi of new construction in Nazareth rose steadily, compared to HaZafon which peaked in 1991-2005 and Israel which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Nazareth's incremental SNDi rose from 6.24 to 7.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nazareth ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in HaZafon and 18th out of 22 in Israel as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.73
- Rank in Israel
- 21st of 22
- Rank in HaZafon
- 4th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.4
- Rank in Israel
- 18th of 22
- Rank in HaZafon
- 3rd of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Halle (Saale), Germany
- Pusad, India
- Toledo, United States
- Zaoyang, China
- Brunswick, Germany
- Jieshi, China
In new street additions, Nazareth built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Halle (Saale) built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zaoyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.