Jericho in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jericho in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jericho plotted against West Bank and Palestine. The SNDi of new construction in Jericho followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to West Bank which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Palestine which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Jericho's incremental SNDi rose from 2.79 to 3.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jericho ranked 1st out of 11 cities in West Bank and 3rd out of 14 in Palestine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.46
- Rank in Palestine
- 5th of 14
- Rank in West Bank
- 2nd of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.8
- Rank in Palestine
- 3rd of 14
- Rank in West Bank
- 1st of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Jericho fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Helensvale built increasingly connected streets over time and Vogan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Helensvale and Vogan both became progressively more connected, while Jericho fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Jericho had a more connected network than Vogan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.