Szeged in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Szeged plotted against Csongrád and Hungary. The SNDi of new construction in Szeged peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Csongrád which rose steadily and Hungary which rose steadily. Most recently, Szeged's incremental SNDi fell from 3.01 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Szeged ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Csongrád and 2nd out of 13 in Hungary as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Pattambi, India
• Banjar, Indonesia
• Mankachar, India
• Muar, Malaysia
• Ongata Rongai, Kenya
• San Francisco del Rincón, México

In new street additions, Szeged built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Pattambi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Muar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Szeged and Muar both became progressively more disconnected, while Pattambi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.