Stargard in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Stargard 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
StargardZachodniopomorskie (Region)Poland (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Stargard plotted against Zachodniopomorskie and Poland. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Stargard's incremental SNDi rose from 3.82 to 4.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Stargard ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Zachodniopomorskie and 57th out of 63 in Poland as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.24
Rank in Poland
53rd of 63
Rank in Zachodniopomorskie
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Poland
57th of 63
Rank in Zachodniopomorskie
3rd of 3

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
StargardLinaresOnsong

In new street additions, Stargard built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Linares fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Onsong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Stargard and Linares both became progressively more disconnected, while Onsong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.