's-Hertogenbosch in context: Street-network sprawl trends

's-Hertogenbosch in context

1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
's-HertogenboschNoord-Brabant (Region)Netherlands (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 's-Hertogenbosch plotted against Noord-Brabant and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in 's-Hertogenbosch 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, 's-Hertogenbosch's incremental SNDi rose from 1.99 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 's-Hertogenbosch ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Noord-Brabant and 8th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Netherlands
16th of 43
Rank in Noord-Brabant
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in Netherlands
8th of 43
Rank in Noord-Brabant
4th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
's-HertogenboschNarmadapuramComodoro Rivadavia

While Narmadapuram and Comodoro Rivadavia both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, 's-Hertogenbosch fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. 's-Hertogenbosch and Narmadapuram have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.