La Louvière in context: Street-network sprawl trends

La Louviere in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La LouviereWallonie (Region)Belgium (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Louvière plotted against Wallonie and Belgium. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, La Louvière's incremental SNDi rose from 3.33 to 5.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Louvière ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Wallonie and 7th out of 16 in Belgium as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.14
Rank in Belgium
16th of 16
Rank in Wallonie
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Belgium
7th of 16
Rank in Wallonie
2nd of 6

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
La LouviereG`uzorCary

In new street additions, La Louvière built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gʻuzor built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Cary built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, La Louvière became progressively more disconnected, while Gʻuzor became progressively more connected and Cary grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.