Legnica in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Legnica in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LegnicaDolnoslaskie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Legnica plotted against Dolnośląskie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Legnica followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Dolnośląskie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Legnica's incremental SNDi rose from 2.67 to 3.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Legnica ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Dolnośląskie and 20th out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in Poland
26th of 63
Rank in Dolnośląskie
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Poland
20th of 63
Rank in Dolnośląskie
3rd of 4

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
LegnicaMacherlaVlora

In new street additions, Legnica fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Macherla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Vlora built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Legnica and Vlora both became progressively more disconnected, while Macherla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Legnica and Macherla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.