Temse in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Temse in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TemseVlaanderen (Region)Belgium (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Temse plotted against Vlaanderen and Belgium. The SNDi of new construction in Temse peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Vlaanderen which rose steadily and Belgium which rose steadily. Most recently, Temse's incremental SNDi fell from 3.69 to 2.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Temse ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Vlaanderen and 10th out of 16 in Belgium as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Belgium
4th of 16
Rank in Vlaanderen
3rd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in Belgium
10th of 16
Rank in Vlaanderen
6th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TemseXiangyuanMaradun

In new street additions, Temse built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Xiangyuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Maradun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Temse became progressively more disconnected, while Xiangyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Maradun fluctuated in connectivity. Temse and Xiangyuan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.