Limassol in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Limassol in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LimassolCyprus (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Limassol plotted against Cyprus. Both Limassol and Cyprus follow the same trend. Most recently, Limassol's incremental SNDi rose from 3.67 to 4.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Limassol ranked 1st out of 4 in Cyprus as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.25
Rank in Cyprus
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Cyprus
1st of 4

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LimassolHorlivkaRajpura

In new street additions, Limassol built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Horlivka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Rajpura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Limassol and Horlivka have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.