Khan Yunis 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 Khan Yunis plotted against Gaza and Palestine. The SNDi of new construction in Khan Yunis followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Gaza which peaked in 1991-2005 and Palestine which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Khan Yunis's incremental SNDi fell from 2.83 to 2.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khan Yunis ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Gaza and 2nd out of 14 in Palestine as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Chiayi, Taiwan
• Sousse, Tunisia
• Heze, China
• Yenagoa, Nigeria
• Hapur, India
• Kerman, Iran

While Chiayi and Yenagoa both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Khan Yunis fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Chiayi and Yenagoa both became progressively more disconnected, while Khan Yunis fluctuated in connectivity. Khan Yunis and Chiayi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.