Rzeszów in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rzeszow 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
RzeszowPodkarpackie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rzeszów plotted against Podkarpackie and Poland. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rzeszów's incremental SNDi rose from 2.91 to 2.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rzeszów ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Podkarpackie and 35th out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.94
Rank in Poland
23rd of 63
Rank in Podkarpackie
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Poland
35th of 63
Rank in Podkarpackie
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RzeszowSiguiriOke Iho

Rzeszów, Siguiri, and Oke Iho all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Rzeszów had a more sprawly network than Oke Iho in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.