Jastrzębie-Zdrój in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jastrzebie-Zdroj in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jastrzebie-ZdrojSlaskie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jastrzębie-Zdrój plotted against Śląskie and Poland. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jastrzębie-Zdrój's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 5.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jastrzębie-Zdrój ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Śląskie and 61st out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.64
Rank in Poland
62nd of 63
Rank in Śląskie
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in Poland
61st of 63
Rank in Śląskie
7th of 8

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
Jastrzebie-ZdrojPhu CuongNookat

In new street additions, Jastrzębie-Zdrój built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Phú Cường built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Nookat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Jastrzębie-Zdrój became progressively more disconnected, while Phú Cường became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Nookat grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Phú Cường have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.