Geleen in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Geleen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Geleen plotted against Limburg and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Geleen peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Limburg which peaked in 1991-2005 and Netherlands which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Geleen's incremental SNDi fell from 2.37 to 1.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Geleen ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Limburg and 19th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.94
- Rank in Netherlands
- 10th of 43
- Rank in Limburg
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.82
- Rank in Netherlands
- 19th of 43
- Rank in Limburg
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Geleen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Talaja built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Partur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Geleen and Talaja have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.