Bucharest in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bucharest in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BucharestRomania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bucharest plotted against Romania. Both Bucharest and Romania follow the same trend. Most recently, Bucharest's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 4.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bucharest ranked 12th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.16
Rank in Romania
10th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Romania
12th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BucharestHohhotBarranquilla

In new street additions, Bucharest built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hohhot built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Barranquilla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bucharest and Barranquilla both became progressively more disconnected, while Hohhot grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bucharest and Barranquilla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.