Enschede in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Enschede in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Enschede plotted against Overijssel and Netherlands. While Overijssel and Netherlands both peaked in 1991-2005, Enschede's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Enschede's incremental SNDi fell from 2.07 to 1.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Enschede ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Overijssel and 4th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.67
- Rank in Netherlands
- 3rd of 43
- Rank in Overijssel
- 1st of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.62
- Rank in Netherlands
- 4th of 43
- Rank in Overijssel
- 1st of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Enschede and Koblenz both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Muş built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Enschede and Muş have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.