Tulkarm in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tulkarm in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TulkarmWest Bank (Region)Palestine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tulkarm plotted against West Bank and Palestine. The SNDi of new construction in Tulkarm peaked in 1991-2005, compared to West Bank which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Palestine which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Tulkarm's incremental SNDi fell from 4.23 to 3.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tulkarm ranked 3rd out of 11 cities in West Bank and 6th out of 14 in Palestine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.76
Rank in Palestine
6th of 14
Rank in West Bank
3rd of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Palestine
6th of 14
Rank in West Bank
3rd of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TulkarmBayambangSardarshahar

In new street additions, Tulkarm built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bayambang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sardarshahar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Tulkarm and Sardarshahar both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bayambang became progressively more disconnected.