Veenendaal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Veenendaal in context

1.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VeenendaalUtrecht (Region)Netherlands (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Veenendaal plotted against Utrecht and Netherlands. The SNDi of new construction in Veenendaal followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Utrecht which peaked in 1976-1990 and Netherlands which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Veenendaal's incremental SNDi rose from 1.79 to 2.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Veenendaal ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Utrecht and 12th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Netherlands
27th of 43
Rank in Utrecht
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Netherlands
12th of 43
Rank in Utrecht
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VeenendaalBatsariBena

In new street additions, Veenendaal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Batsari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bena fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Veenendaal became progressively more disconnected, while Batsari fluctuated in connectivity and Bena fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Veenendaal had a more connected network than Batsari in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.