Buzău in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Buzau in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BuzauRomania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Buzău plotted against Romania. The SNDi of new construction in Buzău followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, while Romania rose steadily. Most recently, Buzău's incremental SNDi fell from 3.94 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Buzău ranked 18th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Romania
1st of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in Romania
18th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BuzauEidgaonByasanagar

In new street additions, Buzău fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Eidgaon built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Byasanagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Buzău fluctuated in connectivity, while Eidgaon became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Byasanagar fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Buzău had a more sprawly network than Byasanagar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.