Baia Mare in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baia Mare in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Baia MareMaramures (Region)Romania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baia Mare plotted against Maramureș and Romania. While Maramureș and Romania both rose steadily, Baia Mare's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Baia Mare's incremental SNDi rose from 5.37 to 6.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baia Mare ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Maramureș and 19th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.47
Rank in Romania
25th of 29
Rank in Maramureș
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.84
Rank in Romania
19th of 29
Rank in Maramureș
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Baia MareKwilu-NgongoShinyanga

While Kwilu-Ngongo and Shinyanga both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Baia Mare built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kwilu-Ngongo and Shinyanga both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Baia Mare became progressively more disconnected. Baia Mare and Shinyanga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.