Hoofddorp in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hoofddorp plotted against Noord-Holland and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Hoofddorp was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Noord-Holland which rose steadily and Netherlands which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Hoofddorp's incremental SNDi rose from 2.09 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hoofddorp ranked 5th out of 9 cities in Noord-Holland and 31st out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Cojutepeque, El Salvador
• Alamnagar, India
• Nanxing, China
• Yongqing, China
• Bisceglie, Italy
• Formiga, Brazil

In new street additions, Hoofddorp and Yongqing both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Cojutepeque built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Hoofddorp became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Cojutepeque became progressively more disconnected and Yongqing fluctuated in connectivity. Hoofddorp and Cojutepeque have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.