Zamość in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zamosc 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
ZamoscLubelskie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zamość plotted against Lubelskie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Zamość peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Lubelskie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Zamość's incremental SNDi fell from 2.79 to 2.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zamość ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Lubelskie and 22nd out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in Poland
12th of 63
Rank in Lubelskie
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.13
Rank in Poland
22nd of 63
Rank in Lubelskie
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZamoscChengjiangBadokwa

While Chengjiang and Badokwa both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Zamość built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Chengjiang and Badokwa both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Zamość became progressively more disconnected.