Oss in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Oss in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oss plotted against Noord-Brabant and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Oss followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Noord-Brabant which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Netherlands which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Oss's incremental SNDi rose from 1.59 to 2.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oss ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Noord-Brabant and 1st out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.2
- Rank in Netherlands
- 21st of 43
- Rank in Noord-Brabant
- 5th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.54
- Rank in Netherlands
- 1st of 43
- Rank in Noord-Brabant
- 1st of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Oss fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dakri built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Södertälje built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Oss and Södertälje both became progressively more disconnected, while Dakri became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Oss and Dakri have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.