Cork in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cork in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CorkIreland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cork plotted against Ireland. The SNDi of new construction in Cork rose steadily, while Ireland peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Cork's incremental SNDi rose from 7.22 to 7.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cork ranked 3rd out of 5 in Ireland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.67
Rank in Ireland
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.09
Rank in Ireland
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CorkNarsinghpurGiresun

Cork, Narsinghpur, and Giresun all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Cork and Narsinghpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.