Malmo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Malmo in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MalmoSkane (Region)Sweden (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malmo plotted against Skåne and Sweden. The SNDi of new construction in Malmo peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Skåne which peaked in 1991-2005 and Sweden which rose steadily. Most recently, Malmo's incremental SNDi fell from 2.3 to 1.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malmo ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Skåne and 7th out of 17 in Sweden as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.7
Rank in Sweden
5th of 17
Rank in Skåne
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.55
Rank in Sweden
7th of 17
Rank in Skåne
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MalmoBatalaSimri Bakhtiarpur

While Batala and Simri Bakhtiarpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Malmo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Malmo and Simri Bakhtiarpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Batala fluctuated in connectivity.