Almere in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Almere in context

1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlmereFlevoland (Region)Netherlands (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Almere plotted against Flevoland and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Almere followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Flevoland which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Netherlands which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Almere's incremental SNDi rose from 1.46 to 1.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Almere ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Flevoland and 2nd out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.8
Rank in Netherlands
5th of 43
Rank in Flevoland
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.54
Rank in Netherlands
2nd of 43
Rank in Flevoland
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlmereHuanucoPskov

Almere, Huánuco, and Pskov all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Huánuco and Pskov both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Almere fluctuated in connectivity.