Pardubice in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pardubice in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PardubicePardubicky (Region)Czechia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pardubice plotted against Pardubický and Czechia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pardubice's incremental SNDi rose from 2.81 to 3.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pardubice ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Pardubický and 3rd out of 12 in Czechia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.09
Rank in Czechia
4th of 12
Rank in Pardubický
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in Czechia
3rd of 12
Rank in Pardubický
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PardubiceSmilaCrewe

In new street additions, Pardubice and Smila both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Crewe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Pardubice and Smila have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.