Bełchatów in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Belchatow in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BelchatowLodzkie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bełchatów plotted against Łódzkie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Bełchatów peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Łódzkie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Bełchatów's incremental SNDi fell from 2.8 to 2.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bełchatów ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Łódzkie and 34th out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in Poland
15th of 63
Rank in Łódzkie
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Poland
34th of 63
Rank in Łódzkie
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BelchatowLal QillaTabligbo

In new street additions, Bełchatów built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lal Qilla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tabligbo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bełchatów and Tabligbo both became progressively more disconnected, while Lal Qilla fluctuated in connectivity. Bełchatów and Lal Qilla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.