Winterthur: city in Zürich, Switzerland
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Winterthur, Switzerland on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Winterthur as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 0.19, which is very well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 0.03, 1.84, nan and 1.96. Data was not available in 1991-2000.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Winterthur spans a total of 302 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of 0.03, which is very well-connected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are 0.03, 0.18, 0.18 and 0.19. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in Winterthur has become more disconnected. This increase has slowed: between 1975 and 1976-1990, SNDi rose by 0.15 points, but between 1991-2000 and 2001-2014, it rose by just 0.01.
Winterthur and Zürich do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Zürich rose steadily.
How do development practices in Winterthur fare in comparison to others in Zürich? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Winterthur was the 2nd-most disconnected out of the 2 cities in Zürich. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Winterthur ranked 2nd in 1975, 2nd in 1976-1990 and 2nd in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Winterthur and Switzerland do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Switzerland rose steadily.
How do development practices in Winterthur fare in comparison to others in Switzerland? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Winterthur was the 15th-most disconnected out of the 16 cities in Switzerland. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Winterthur ranked 16th in 1975, 16th in 1976-1990 and 15th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1991-2000 due to unavailable data.
Winterthur and Zürich do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Winterthur rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in Zürich rose steadily.
To date, Winterthur is the 2nd-most disconnected out of the 2 cities in Zürich. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Winterthur ranked 2nd in 1975, 2nd in 1976-1990, 2nd in 1991-2000 and 2nd in 2001-2014.
Winterthur and Switzerland do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Winterthur rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in Switzerland rose steadily.
To date, Winterthur is the 16th-most disconnected out of the 16 cities in Switzerland. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Winterthur ranked 16th in 1975, 16th in 1976-1990, 16th in 1991-2000 and 16th in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, Winterthur had a built-up area of 15.66 square kilometers, and a population of 89145 people.
These are some other cities with approximately the same population: