Kortrijk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kortrijk in context

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KortrijkVlaanderen (Region)Belgium (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kortrijk plotted against Vlaanderen and Belgium. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kortrijk's incremental SNDi rose from 3.27 to 3.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kortrijk ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Vlaanderen and 14th out of 16 in Belgium as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in Belgium
14th of 16
Rank in Vlaanderen
8th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Belgium
14th of 16
Rank in Vlaanderen
8th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KortrijkKislinoHuanghua

In new street additions, Kortrijk built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Кислино fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Huanghua built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kortrijk and Huanghua have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.