Klagenfurt in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Klagenfurt in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KlagenfurtKarnten (Region)Austria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Klagenfurt plotted against Kärnten and Austria. While Kärnten and Austria both rose steadily, Klagenfurt's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Klagenfurt's incremental SNDi rose from 1.92 to 1.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Klagenfurt ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Kärnten and 2nd out of 8 in Austria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.92
Rank in Austria
1st of 8
Rank in Kärnten
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.61
Rank in Austria
2nd of 8
Rank in Kärnten
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KlagenfurtRajpiplaKadoma

In new street additions, Klagenfurt and Kadoma both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Rajpipla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Klagenfurt and Kadoma both became progressively more disconnected, while Rajpipla fluctuated in connectivity. Klagenfurt and Rajpipla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.