Fulda in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fulda in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fulda plotted against Hessen and Germany. While Hessen and Germany both rose steadily, Fulda's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Fulda's incremental SNDi rose from 2.95 to 5.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fulda ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Hessen and 61st out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.0
- Rank in Germany
- 95th of 99
- Rank in Hessen
- 8th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.08
- Rank in Germany
- 61st of 99
- Rank in Hessen
- 5th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Fulda built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nuodong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Daurala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fulda became progressively more disconnected, while Nuodong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Daurala fluctuated in connectivity. Fulda and Nuodong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.