Berlin in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Berlin in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Berlin plotted against Germany. Both Berlin and Germany follow the same trend. Most recently, Berlin's incremental SNDi rose from 1.94 to 2.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Berlin ranked 8th out of 99 in Germany as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.46
- Rank in Germany
- 35th of 99
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.58
- Rank in Germany
- 8th of 99
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Changchun, China
- Dalian, China
- Melbourne, Australia
- Nanchang, China
- Athens, Greece
- Busan, South Korea
In new street additions, Berlin and Changchun both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nanchang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Berlin and Changchun both became progressively more disconnected, while Nanchang fluctuated in connectivity. Berlin and Changchun have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.