Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem plotted against Israel. The SNDi of new construction in Jerusalem rose steadily, while Israel peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Jerusalem's incremental SNDi rose from 4.55 to 5.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jerusalem ranked 9th 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?

• Shunqing, China
• Fushun, China
• Stuttgart, Germany
• Shiraz, Iran
• Adelaide, Australia
• Quetta, Pakistan

In new street additions, Jerusalem and Shiraz both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shunqing built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jerusalem and Shiraz both became progressively more disconnected, while Shunqing became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Jerusalem and Shunqing have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.