Gaza in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gaza in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gaza plotted against Palestine. The SNDi of new construction in Gaza rose steadily, while Palestine peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Gaza's incremental SNDi rose from 2.84 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gaza ranked 1st out of 14 in Palestine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.9
- Rank in Palestine
- 4th of 14
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.42
- Rank in Palestine
- 1st of 14
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Trujillo, Peru
- Saint Petersburg, United States
- Querétaro, México
- Xinxiang, China
- Shymkent, Kazakhstan
- Baoji, China
In new street additions, Gaza built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Trujillo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Xinxiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Gaza and Trujillo both became progressively more disconnected, while Xinxiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.