Opole in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Opole in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OpoleOpolskie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Opole plotted against Opolskie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Opole followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Opolskie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Opole's incremental SNDi rose from 2.86 to 3.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Opole ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Opolskie and 41st out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Poland
45th of 63
Rank in Opolskie
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in Poland
41st of 63
Rank in Opolskie
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OpoleVishunpurShorkot

In new street additions, Opole and Vishunpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shorkot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Opole became progressively more disconnected, while Vishunpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Shorkot became progressively more connected. Opole and Shorkot have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.