Nitra in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nitra in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NitraNitriansky (Region)Slovakia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nitra plotted against Nitriansky and Slovakia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nitra's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nitra ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Nitriansky and 7th out of 7 in Slovakia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in Slovakia
2nd of 7
Rank in Nitriansky
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Slovakia
7th of 7
Rank in Nitriansky
1st of 1

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
NitraAnpingLunglei

While Anping and Lunglei both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Nitra built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Nitra became progressively more disconnected, while Anping became progressively more connected and Lunglei became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Nitra and Anping have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.