Lagunen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lagunen in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LagunenHordaland (Region)Norway (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lagunen plotted against Hordaland and Norway. The SNDi of new construction in Lagunen was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Hordaland which rose steadily and Norway which rose steadily. Most recently, Lagunen's incremental SNDi rose from 4.77 to 4.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lagunen ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Hordaland and 8th out of 8 in Norway as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.98
Rank in Norway
7th of 8
Rank in Hordaland
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.81
Rank in Norway
8th of 8
Rank in Hordaland
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LagunenShalaamboodMirzay

In new street additions, Lagunen built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Shalaambood fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mirzay fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lagunen became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Shalaambood fluctuated in connectivity and Mirzay fluctuated in connectivity. Lagunen and Mirzay have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.