Iași in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Iasi in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IasiRomania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Iași plotted against Romania. Both Iași and Romania follow the same trend. Most recently, Iași's incremental SNDi rose from 4.26 to 4.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Iași ranked 20th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.97
Rank in Romania
17th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in Romania
20th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IasiKalihatiGirga

In new street additions, Iași and Girga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kalihati fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Iași and Girga both became progressively more disconnected, while Kalihati fluctuated in connectivity. Iași and Kalihati have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.