Jenin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jenin in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JeninWest Bank (Region)Palestine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jenin plotted against West Bank and Palestine. While West Bank and Palestine both peaked in 1976-1990, Jenin's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Jenin's incremental SNDi fell from 3.05 to 2.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jenin ranked 2nd out of 11 cities in West Bank and 4th out of 14 in Palestine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Palestine
3rd of 14
Rank in West Bank
1st of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in Palestine
4th of 14
Rank in West Bank
2nd of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JeninCapanemaLobatse

While Capanema and Lobatse both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Jenin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Capanema and Lobatse both became progressively more disconnected, while Jenin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Jenin had a more sprawly network than Lobatse in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.