Pescara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pescara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pescara plotted against Abruzzo and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Pescara rose steadily, compared to Abruzzo which peaked in 1991-2005 and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Pescara's incremental SNDi rose from 3.84 to 4.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pescara ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Abruzzo and 52nd out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.7
- Rank in Italy
- 72nd of 88
- Rank in Abruzzo
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.03
- Rank in Italy
- 52nd of 88
- Rank in Abruzzo
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Pescara built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shorsh built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Obuasi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pescara and Shorsh both became progressively more disconnected, while Obuasi fluctuated in connectivity.