Repentigny in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Repentigny in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Repentigny plotted against Québec and Canada. The SNDi of new construction in Repentigny rose steadily, compared to Québec which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Canada which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Repentigny's incremental SNDi rose from 4.6 to 5.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Repentigny ranked 10th out of 10 cities in Québec and 54th out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.54
- Rank in Canada
- 51st of 54
- Rank in Québec
- 9th of 10
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.85
- Rank in Canada
- 54th of 54
- Rank in Québec
- 10th of 10
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kyzyl, Russia
- Soron, India
- Jhajha, India
- Nakhodka, Russia
- Ouanaminthe, Haiti
- Kroonstad, South Africa
In new street additions, Repentigny and Nakhodka both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kyzyl built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.