Bergen op Zoom in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bergen op Zoom in context

22.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bergen op ZoomNoord-Brabant (Region)Netherlands (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bergen op Zoom plotted against Noord-Brabant and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Bergen op Zoom peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Noord-Brabant which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Netherlands which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Bergen op Zoom's incremental SNDi fell from 2.3 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bergen op Zoom ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Noord-Brabant and 35th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Netherlands
23rd of 43
Rank in Noord-Brabant
6th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Netherlands
35th of 43
Rank in Noord-Brabant
7th of 8

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
Bergen op ZoomNahrinSayram

In new street additions, Bergen op Zoom built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Nahrin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sayram built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bergen op Zoom became progressively more disconnected, while Nahrin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sayram grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.