Maribor in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maribor 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
MariborPodravska (Region)Slovenia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maribor plotted against Podravska and Slovenia. The SNDi of new construction in Maribor followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Podravska which peaked in 1991-2005 and Slovenia which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Maribor's incremental SNDi rose from 2.77 to 3.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maribor ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Podravska and 2nd out of 2 in Slovenia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in Slovenia
1st of 2
Rank in Podravska
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Slovenia
2nd of 2
Rank in Podravska
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MariborOzoroMinchinabad

In new street additions, Maribor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ozoro built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Minchinabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Maribor and Ozoro both became progressively more disconnected, while Minchinabad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Maribor had a more sprawly network than Ozoro in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.