Neumünster in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Neumunster in context

22.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NeumunsterSchleswig-Holstein (Region)Germany (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Neumünster plotted against Schleswig-Holstein and Germany. The SNDi of new construction in Neumünster peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Schleswig-Holstein which peaked in 1991-2005 and Germany which rose steadily. Most recently, Neumünster's incremental SNDi fell from 2.89 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Neumünster ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Schleswig-Holstein and 74th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Germany
48th of 99
Rank in Schleswig-Holstein
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in Germany
74th of 99
Rank in Schleswig-Holstein
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NeumunsterYihuangPalm Coast

While Yihuang and Palm Coast both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Neumünster built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Neumünster became progressively more disconnected, while Yihuang became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Palm Coast became progressively more connected. Neumünster and Yihuang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.