Bratislava in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bratislava in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bratislava plotted against Bratislavský and Slovakia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bratislava's incremental SNDi rose from 4.27 to 5.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bratislava ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Bratislavský and 2nd out of 7 in Slovakia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.95
- Rank in Slovakia
- 6th of 7
- Rank in Bratislavský
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.27
- Rank in Slovakia
- 2nd of 7
- Rank in Bratislavský
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Bratislava and Puri both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hải Dương built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bratislava and Puri both became progressively more disconnected, while Hải Dương grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bratislava and Puri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.