Taibe in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Taibe in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taibe plotted against West Bank and Palestine. The SNDi of new construction in Taibe rose steadily, compared to West Bank which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Palestine which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Taibe's incremental SNDi rose from 4.35 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Taibe ranked 4th out of 11 cities in West Bank and 7th out of 14 in Palestine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.58
- Rank in Palestine
- 7th of 14
- Rank in West Bank
- 4th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.99
- Rank in Palestine
- 7th of 14
- Rank in West Bank
- 4th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Chandrakona, India
- Ceylanpınar, Turkey
- Batatais, Brazil
- Chapra, India
- Kyolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Canterbury, United Kingdom
In new street additions, Taibe and Chandrakona both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chapra built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Taibe and Chandrakona both became progressively more disconnected, while Chapra grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Taibe had a more sprawly network than Chapra in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.