Ramla in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ramla in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ramla plotted against HaMerkaz and Israel. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ramla's incremental SNDi fell from 3.45 to 3.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ramla ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in HaMerkaz and 7th out of 22 in Israel as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.34
- Rank in Israel
- 9th of 22
- Rank in HaMerkaz
- 5th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.98
- Rank in Israel
- 7th of 22
- Rank in HaMerkaz
- 3rd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Islam Qala, Afghanistan
- Ikotos, South Sudan
- Binjiangzhen, China
- Jamuria, India
- Masiphumelele, South Africa
- Ambanja, Madagascar
In new street additions, Islam Qala and Jamuria both fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Ramla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Ramla became progressively more disconnected, while Islam Qala grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Jamuria fluctuated in connectivity.