Satu Mare in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Satu Mare in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Satu MareRomania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Satu Mare plotted against Romania. Both Satu Mare and Romania follow the same trend. Most recently, Satu Mare's incremental SNDi rose from 4.23 to 6.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Satu Mare ranked 14th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.53
Rank in Romania
28th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Romania
14th of 29

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
Satu MareIgwurutaOzoro

Satu Mare, Igwuruta, and Ozoro all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Satu Mare had a more sprawly network than Ozoro in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.