Schwerin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Schwerin in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Schwerin plotted against Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Schwerin peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern which rose steadily and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Schwerin's incremental SNDi fell from 2.76 to 2.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Schwerin ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and 26th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in Germany
49th of 99
Rank in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Germany
26th of 99
Rank in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SchwerinTartagalNapier

In new street additions, Schwerin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tartagal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Napier fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Schwerin became progressively more disconnected, while Tartagal fluctuated in connectivity and Napier became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.