Flensburg in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Flensburg in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Flensburg plotted against Schleswig-Holstein and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Flensburg peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Schleswig-Holstein which peaked in 1991-2005 and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Flensburg's incremental SNDi fell from 2.67 to 2.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Flensburg ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Schleswig-Holstein and 63rd out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.32
- Rank in Germany
- 23rd of 99
- Rank in Schleswig-Holstein
- 3rd of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.09
- Rank in Germany
- 63rd of 99
- Rank in Schleswig-Holstein
- 4th of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Flensburg and Thengha both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Buni Yadi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Flensburg and Thengha both became progressively more disconnected, while Buni Yadi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Flensburg and Thengha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.