Cluj-Napoca in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Cluj-Napoca in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cluj-Napoca plotted against Cluj and Romania. While Cluj and Romania both rose steadily, Cluj-Napoca's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Cluj-Napoca's incremental SNDi rose from 4.16 to 5.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cluj-Napoca ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Cluj and 16th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.47
- Rank in Romania
- 20th of 29
- Rank in Cluj
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.66
- Rank in Romania
- 16th of 29
- Rank in Cluj
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gojra, Pakistan
- Nagaon, India
- Burewala, Pakistan
- Murcia, Spain
- Bayannur, China
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Cluj-Napoca, Gojra, and Murcia all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Cluj-Napoca and Murcia have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.