Kassel in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kassel 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
KasselHessen (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kassel plotted against Hessen and Germany. While Hessen and Germany both rose steadily, Kassel's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Kassel's incremental SNDi rose from 2.56 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kassel ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Hessen and 66th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in Germany
43rd of 99
Rank in Hessen
6th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.13
Rank in Germany
66th of 99
Rank in Hessen
6th of 8

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
KasselImperatrizGalati

In new street additions, Kassel and Galați both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Imperatriz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Kassel had a more sprawly network than Imperatriz in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.