Pabianice in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pabianice 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
PabianiceLodzkie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pabianice plotted against Łódzkie and Poland. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pabianice's incremental SNDi rose from 4.03 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pabianice ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Łódzkie and 27th out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in Poland
49th of 63
Rank in Łódzkie
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Poland
27th of 63
Rank in Łódzkie
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PabianiceBalagarhSabirabad

In new street additions, Pabianice built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Balagarh built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sabirabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pabianice became progressively more disconnected, while Balagarh grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sabirabad fluctuated in connectivity.