Landshut in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Landshut 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
LandshutBayern (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Landshut plotted against Bayern and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Landshut followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Bayern which peaked in 1991-2005 and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Landshut's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 3.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Landshut ranked 13th out of 14 cities in Bayern and 79th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.0
Rank in Germany
60th of 99
Rank in Bayern
10th of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in Germany
79th of 99
Rank in Bayern
13th of 14

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LandshutTalaraSikandarpur

In new street additions, Landshut and Talara both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sikandarpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Landshut became progressively more disconnected, while Talara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sikandarpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Landshut and Talara have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.