Annemasse in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Annemasse 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
AnnemasseAuvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Region)France (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Annemasse plotted against Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and France. The SNDi of new construction in Annemasse followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes which peaked in 1991-2005 and France which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Annemasse's incremental SNDi rose from 4.27 to 4.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Annemasse ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and 36th out of 73 in France as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.94
Rank in France
65th of 73
Rank in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in France
36th of 73
Rank in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AnnemasseMeulabohTagaytay

While Meulaboh and Tagaytay both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Annemasse fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Annemasse and Meulaboh have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.