Jönköping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jonkoping in context

22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JonkopingSweden (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jönköping plotted against Sweden. Both Jönköping and Sweden follow the same trend. Most recently, Jönköping's incremental SNDi rose from 2.29 to 2.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jönköping ranked 11th out of 17 in Sweden as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Sweden
10th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in Sweden
11th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JonkopingElengaMotikhavdi

In new street additions, Jönköping built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Elenga built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Motikhavdi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jönköping became progressively more disconnected, while Elenga became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Motikhavdi fluctuated in connectivity. Jönköping and Motikhavdi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.