Béziers in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beziers in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeziersOccitanie (Region)France (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Béziers plotted against Occitanie and France. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Béziers's incremental SNDi fell from 3.58 to 2.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Béziers ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Occitanie and 32nd out of 73 in France as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in France
17th of 73
Rank in Occitanie
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.43
Rank in France
32nd of 73
Rank in Occitanie
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeziersDaryapurRozvilka

In new street additions, Béziers and Розвилка both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Daryapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Béziers and Daryapur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.