Hikone in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hikone in context

2.22.42.62.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.22.42.62.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HikoneShiga (Region)Japan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hikone plotted against Shiga and Japan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hikone's incremental SNDi rose from 2.63 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hikone ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Shiga and 69th out of 135 in Japan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Japan
74th of 135
Rank in Shiga
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in Japan
69th of 135
Rank in Shiga
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HikoneNicosiaEnugu Umunze

While Nicosia and Enugu Umunze both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Hikone fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.