Avignon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Avignon plotted against Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and France. The SNDi of new construction in Avignon peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur which peaked in 1991-2005 and France which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Avignon's incremental SNDi fell from 3.71 to 2.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Avignon ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and 60th out of 73 in France as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Волгогрэс, Russia
• Showt, Iran
• Al Mifarragiya, Egypt
• Rank, India
• Tartu, Estonia

In new street additions, Avignon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kimpese built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Al Mifarragiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Avignon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kimpese became progressively more disconnected and Al Mifarragiya fluctuated in connectivity. Avignon and Kimpese have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.