Roosendaal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Roosendaal in context

1.82.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RoosendaalNoord-Brabant (Region)Netherlands (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Roosendaal plotted against Noord-Brabant and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Roosendaal 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, Roosendaal's incremental SNDi rose from 2.85 to 2.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Roosendaal ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Noord-Brabant and 40th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in Netherlands
35th of 43
Rank in Noord-Brabant
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Netherlands
40th of 43
Rank in Noord-Brabant
8th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RoosendaalChiantlaNola

In new street additions, Roosendaal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chiantla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Nola fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Roosendaal and Chiantla both became progressively more disconnected, while Nola became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.