Tilburg in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tilburg in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tilburg plotted against Noord-Brabant and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Tilburg 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, Tilburg's incremental SNDi rose from 1.79 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tilburg ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Noord-Brabant and 7th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.07
- Rank in Netherlands
- 14th of 43
- Rank in Noord-Brabant
- 3rd of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.7
- Rank in Netherlands
- 7th of 43
- Rank in Noord-Brabant
- 3rd 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, Tilburg and Durgapur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Babruysk built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.