Kiel in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kiel in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KielSchleswig-Holstein (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kiel plotted against Schleswig-Holstein and Germany. While Schleswig-Holstein and Germany both rose steadily, Kiel's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Kiel's incremental SNDi rose from 2.87 to 3.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kiel ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Schleswig-Holstein and 57th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Germany
73rd of 99
Rank in Schleswig-Holstein
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Germany
57th of 99
Rank in Schleswig-Holstein
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KielLincolnSan-Pedro

In new street additions, Kiel and Lincoln both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while San-Pédro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kiel and Lincoln have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.