Aarhus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aarhus in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AarhusMidtjylland (Region)Denmark (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aarhus plotted against Midtjylland and Denmark. The SNDi of new construction in Aarhus followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Midtjylland which rose steadily and Denmark which rose steadily. Most recently, Aarhus's incremental SNDi rose from 2.45 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aarhus ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Midtjylland and 2nd out of 5 in Denmark as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Denmark
1st of 5
Rank in Midtjylland
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in Denmark
2nd of 5
Rank in Midtjylland
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AarhusSambalpurCordoba

While Sambalpur and Córdoba both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Aarhus fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Aarhus and Sambalpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.