Galați in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Galati in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GalatiRomania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Galați plotted against Romania. Both Galați and Romania follow the same trend. Most recently, Galați's incremental SNDi rose from 3.66 to 5.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Galați ranked 3rd out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.55
Rank in Romania
21st of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Romania
3rd of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GalatiKasselKuantan

Galați, Kassel, and Kuantan all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.