Cottbus - Chóśebuz in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cottbus - Chosebuz 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
Cottbus - ChosebuzBrandenburg (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cottbus - Chóśebuz plotted against Brandenburg and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Cottbus - Chóśebuz followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Brandenburg which rose steadily and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Cottbus - Chóśebuz's incremental SNDi rose from 1.81 to 3.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cottbus - Chóśebuz ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Brandenburg and 5th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Germany
71st of 99
Rank in Brandenburg
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.51
Rank in Germany
5th of 99
Rank in Brandenburg
1st of 3

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
Cottbus - ChosebuzCadizJasdan

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