Altamura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Altamura in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AltamuraApulia (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Altamura plotted against Apulia and Italy. While Apulia and Italy both peaked in 1991-2005, Altamura's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Altamura's incremental SNDi fell from 2.35 to 2.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Altamura ranked 1st out of 11 cities in Apulia and 1st out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Italy
3rd of 88
Rank in Apulia
2nd of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.2
Rank in Italy
1st of 88
Rank in Apulia
1st of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AltamuraGohadMile 91

In new street additions, Altamura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gohad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mile 91 built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Altamura and Mile 91 both became progressively more disconnected, while Gohad fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Altamura had a more sprawly network than Gohad in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.