Eindhoven in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Eindhoven in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Eindhoven plotted against Noord-Brabant and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Eindhoven rose steadily, compared to Noord-Brabant which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Netherlands which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Eindhoven's incremental SNDi rose from 1.9 to 1.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Eindhoven ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Noord-Brabant and 5th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.94
- Rank in Netherlands
- 9th of 43
- Rank in Noord-Brabant
- 2nd of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.65
- Rank in Netherlands
- 5th of 43
- Rank in Noord-Brabant
- 2nd of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Eindhoven, Sikasso, and Karlsruhe all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Eindhoven and Sikasso have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.