Beitar Ilit 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 Beitar Ilit plotted against West Bank and Palestine. While West Bank and Palestine both peaked in 1976-1990, Beitar Ilit's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Beitar Ilit's incremental SNDi fell from 6.41 to 5.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beitar Ilit ranked 11th out of 11 cities in West Bank and 14th 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?

• Nzega, Tanzania
• Fort Pierce, United States
• Tibati, Cameroon
• Bagamoyo, Tanzania
• Yogomaia, Sierra Leone
• Sinjar, Iraq

While Nzega and Bagamoyo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Beitar Ilit built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Nzega and Bagamoyo both became progressively more disconnected, while Beitar Ilit grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.