Elk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Elk in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ElkWarminsko-Mazurskie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Elk plotted against Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Poland. The SNDi of new construction in Elk followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Warmińsko-Mazurskie which rose steadily and Poland which rose steadily. Most recently, Elk's incremental SNDi rose from 2.41 to 2.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elk ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Warmińsko-Mazurskie and 43rd out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in Poland
17th of 63
Rank in Warmińsko-Mazurskie
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Poland
43rd of 63
Rank in Warmińsko-Mazurskie
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ElkBonabCheng'an

In new street additions, Elk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bonab built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Cheng'an built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Elk fluctuated in connectivity, while Bonab became progressively more disconnected and Cheng'an grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Elk had a more sprawly network than Bonab in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.