Drobeta-Turnu Severin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Drobeta-Turnu Severin in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Drobeta-Turnu SeverinMehedinti (Region)Romania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Drobeta-Turnu Severin plotted against Mehedinți and Romania. The SNDi of new construction in Drobeta-Turnu Severin peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Mehedinți which peaked in 1976-1990 and Romania which rose steadily. Most recently, Drobeta-Turnu Severin's incremental SNDi fell from 5.1 to 4.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Drobeta-Turnu Severin ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Mehedinți and 25th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.09
Rank in Romania
8th of 29
Rank in Mehedinți
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.33
Rank in Romania
25th of 29
Rank in Mehedinți
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Drobeta-Turnu SeverinLukalabaPontefract

In new street additions, Drobeta-Turnu Severin and Pontefract both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Lukalaba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.