Szőlőhegy in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Szolohegy in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SzolohegyBudapest (Region)Hungary (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Szőlőhegy plotted against Budapest and Hungary. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Szőlőhegy's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 3.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Szőlőhegy ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Budapest and 1st out of 13 in Hungary as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in Hungary
3rd of 13
Rank in Budapest
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.78
Rank in Hungary
1st of 13
Rank in Budapest
1st of 2

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
SzolohegyMazgamUduma

Szőlőhegy, Mazgam, and Uduma all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Szőlőhegy and Mazgam have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.