Lublin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lublin in context

1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LublinLubelskie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lublin plotted against Lubelskie and Poland. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lublin's incremental SNDi rose from 2.18 to 2.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lublin ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Lubelskie and 10th out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.43
Rank in Poland
10th of 63
Rank in Lubelskie
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in Poland
10th of 63
Rank in Lubelskie
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LublinXintaiSinuiju

In new street additions, Lublin and Xintai both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sinuiju built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Lublin and Xintai both became progressively more disconnected, while Sinuiju grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lublin and Xintai have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.