Timișoara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Timisoara in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Timișoara plotted against Timiș and Romania. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Timișoara's incremental SNDi rose from 2.63 to 2.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Timișoara ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Timiș and 4th out of 29 in Romania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in Romania
2nd of 29
Rank in Timiș
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.93
Rank in Romania
4th of 29
Rank in Timiș
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TimisoaraBatnaStoke-on-Trent

In new street additions, Timișoara and Batna both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Stoke-on-Trent built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Timișoara and Batna have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.