Le Havre in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Le Havre in context

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
Le HavreNormandie (Region)France (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Le Havre plotted against Normandie and France. While Normandie and France both peaked in 1991-2005, Le Havre's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Le Havre's incremental SNDi fell from 2.75 to 2.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Le Havre ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Normandie and 2nd out of 73 in France as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in France
18th of 73
Rank in Normandie
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in France
2nd of 73
Rank in Normandie
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Le HavreMacaeKindia

In new street additions, Le Havre built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Macaé built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kindia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Le Havre and Macaé have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.