Ploiești in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ploiesti in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ploiești plotted against Prahova and Romania. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ploiești's incremental SNDi rose from 2.98 to 3.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ploiești ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Prahova and 9th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in Romania
6th of 29
Rank in Prahova
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Romania
9th of 29
Rank in Prahova
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PloiestiBogaleFuntua

While Bogale and Funtua both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ploiești built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ploiești and Bogale have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.