Uppsala in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Uppsala in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Uppsala plotted against Sweden. The SNDi of new construction in Uppsala peaked in 1991-2005, while Sweden rose steadily. Most recently, Uppsala's incremental SNDi fell from 1.74 to 1.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Uppsala ranked 6th out of 17 in Sweden as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.68
- Rank in Sweden
- 4th of 17
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.53
- Rank in Sweden
- 6th of 17
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kailashahar, India
- Bongor, Chad
- Allentown, United States
- Maragha, Egypt
- Shenxian, China
- Huelva, Spain
In new street additions, Uppsala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kailashahar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Maragha built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Uppsala and Maragha both became progressively more disconnected, while Kailashahar became progressively more connected.