Stalowa Wola in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Stalowa Wola 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
Stalowa WolaPodkarpackie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Stalowa Wola plotted against Podkarpackie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Stalowa Wola peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Podkarpackie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Stalowa Wola's incremental SNDi fell from 2.92 to 1.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Stalowa Wola ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Podkarpackie and 29th out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Poland
1st of 63
Rank in Podkarpackie
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Poland
29th of 63
Rank in Podkarpackie
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Stalowa WolaKebonanYimen

In new street additions, Stalowa Wola and Kebonan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yimen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Stalowa Wola grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kebonan became progressively more disconnected and Yimen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Stalowa Wola and Yimen have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.