Roeselare in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Roeselare in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RoeselareVlaanderen (Region)Belgium (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Roeselare plotted against Vlaanderen and Belgium. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Roeselare's incremental SNDi rose from 3.79 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Roeselare ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Vlaanderen and 16th out of 16 in Belgium as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in Belgium
15th of 16
Rank in Vlaanderen
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Belgium
16th of 16
Rank in Vlaanderen
9th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RoeselareBagudoFaizpur

In new street additions, Roeselare built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bagudo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Faizpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Roeselare became progressively more disconnected, while Bagudo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Faizpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Roeselare had a more connected network than Bagudo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.