Nice in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nice in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nice plotted against Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and France. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nice's incremental SNDi fell from 8.9 to 7.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nice ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and 72nd out of 73 in France as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.49
- Rank in France
- 73rd of 73
- Rank in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- 7th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.53
- Rank in France
- 72nd of 73
- Rank in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- 6th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Canning, India
- Yazd, Iran
- Jingdezhen, China
- Belfast, United Kingdom
- Manizales, Colombia
- Raiganj, India
In new street additions, Nice and Belfast both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Canning built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Nice and Belfast both became progressively more disconnected, while Canning became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Nice and Canning have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.