Galway in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Galway in context

4.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GalwayIreland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Galway plotted against Ireland. The SNDi of new construction in Galway rose steadily, while Ireland peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Galway's incremental SNDi rose from 6.23 to 6.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Galway ranked 2nd out of 5 in Ireland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.33
Rank in Ireland
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.09
Rank in Ireland
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GalwayEgraXiang Tang Cun

In new street additions, Galway built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Egra fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and 向塘村 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Galway became progressively more disconnected, while Egra fluctuated in connectivity and 向塘村 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Galway and 向塘村 have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.