Ravensburg in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ravensburg in context

1.21.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RavensburgBaden-Wurttemberg (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ravensburg plotted against Baden-Württemberg and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Ravensburg peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Baden-Württemberg which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Ravensburg's incremental SNDi fell from 2.38 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ravensburg ranked 3rd out of 15 cities in Baden-Württemberg and 7th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Germany
20th of 99
Rank in Baden-Württemberg
4th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.56
Rank in Germany
7th of 99
Rank in Baden-Württemberg
3rd of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RavensburgEgwuachiPenco

In new street additions, Ravensburg and Egwuachi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Penco built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Egwuachi and Penco both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ravensburg became progressively more disconnected. Ravensburg and Egwuachi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.