Olomouc in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Olomouc in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OlomoucOlomoucky (Region)Czechia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Olomouc plotted against Olomoucký and Czechia. The SNDi of new construction in Olomouc followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Olomoucký which rose steadily and Czechia which rose steadily. Most recently, Olomouc's incremental SNDi rose from 2.49 to 3.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Olomouc ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Olomoucký and 4th out of 12 in Czechia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.92
Rank in Czechia
10th of 12
Rank in Olomoucký
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Czechia
4th of 12
Rank in Olomoucký
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OlomoucShkoderFidimin

In new street additions, Olomouc fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shkoder built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Fidimin built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Olomouc and Shkoder both became progressively more disconnected, while Fidimin became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.