Paderborn in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Paderborn in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paderborn plotted against Nordrhein-Westfalen and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Paderborn peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nordrhein-Westfalen which rose steadily and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Paderborn's incremental SNDi fell from 2.45 to 1.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paderborn ranked 9th out of 24 cities in Nordrhein-Westfalen and 58th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.84
- Rank in Germany
- 6th of 99
- Rank in Nordrhein-Westfalen
- 2nd of 24
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.05
- Rank in Germany
- 58th of 99
- Rank in Nordrhein-Westfalen
- 9th of 24
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Paderborn and Panundaan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mukalla built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Paderborn grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Panundaan became progressively more disconnected and Mukalla became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.