Nimes in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nimes in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NimesOccitanie (Region)France (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nimes plotted against Occitanie and France. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nimes's incremental SNDi fell from 5.28 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nimes ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Occitanie and 59th out of 73 in France as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in France
63rd of 73
Rank in Occitanie
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in France
59th of 73
Rank in Occitanie
5th of 5

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
NimesWishawThiruvarur

In new street additions, Nimes and Wishaw both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Thiruvarur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Nimes and Wishaw both became progressively more disconnected, while Thiruvarur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Nimes and Thiruvarur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.