Deir el-Balah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Deir el-Balah in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Deir el-BalahGaza (Region)Palestine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Deir el-Balah plotted against Gaza and Palestine. While Gaza and Palestine both peaked in 1976-1990, Deir el-Balah's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Deir el-Balah's incremental SNDi fell from 2.93 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Deir el-Balah ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Gaza and 5th out of 14 in Palestine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Palestine
2nd of 14
Rank in Gaza
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.07
Rank in Palestine
5th of 14
Rank in Gaza
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Deir el-BalahSupaulVeraval

In new street additions, Deir el-Balah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Supaul built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Veraval built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Supaul and Veraval both became progressively more disconnected, while Deir el-Balah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Deir el-Balah and Supaul have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.