Slatina in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Slatina in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Slatina plotted against Olt and Romania. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Slatina's incremental SNDi rose from 4.95 to 6.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Slatina ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Olt and 22nd out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.7
Rank in Romania
29th of 29
Rank in Olt
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in Romania
22nd of 29
Rank in Olt
1st of 1

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
SlatinaMiriMudanya

In new street additions, Slatina and Mudanya both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Miri built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.