Rotterdam [The Hague] in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rotterdam [The Hague] in context

2.22.42.62.83<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.22.42.62.83<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rotterdam [The Hague]Zuid-Holland (Region)Netherlands (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rotterdam [The Hague] plotted against Zuid-Holland and Netherlands. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rotterdam [The Hague]'s incremental SNDi fell from 2.67 to 2.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Zuid-Holland and 38th out of 43 in Netherlands as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.44
Rank in Netherlands
31st of 43
Rank in Zuid-Holland
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Netherlands
38th of 43
Rank in Zuid-Holland
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rotterdam [The Hague]VadodaraMeerut

While Vadodara and Meerut both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Rotterdam [The Hague] built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Rotterdam [The Hague] and Vadodara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.