Elbląg in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Elbląg plotted against Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Elbląg followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Warmińsko-Mazurskie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Elbląg's incremental SNDi rose from 1.8 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elbląg ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Warmińsko-Mazurskie and 1st out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Al Kifl, Iraq
• Lae, Papua New Guinea
• Mauranipur, India
• Mendi, Ethiopia
• Hudur, Somalia
• Sawakin, Sudan

In new street additions, Elbląg fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Kifl built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Mendi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Elbląg became progressively more disconnected, while Al Kifl became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Mendi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.