Zwickau in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Zwickau in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zwickau plotted against Sachsen and Germany. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Zwickau's incremental SNDi rose from 2.77 to 5.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zwickau ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Sachsen and 37th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.1
- Rank in Germany
- 96th of 99
- Rank in Sachsen
- 4th of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.9
- Rank in Germany
- 37th of 99
- Rank in Sachsen
- 3rd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Yanting, China
- Wanrong, China
- Miranpur, India
- Sita Road, Pakistan
- Kashinathpur, Bangladesh
- Multai, India
In new street additions, Zwickau and Yanting both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sita Road built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Zwickau and Yanting both became progressively more disconnected, while Sita Road became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.