Andria in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Andria in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AndriaApulia (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Andria plotted against Apulia and Italy. While Apulia and Italy both peaked in 1991-2005, Andria's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Andria's incremental SNDi fell from 3.1 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Andria ranked 4th out of 11 cities in Apulia and 5th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Italy
10th of 88
Rank in Apulia
5th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Italy
5th of 88
Rank in Apulia
4th of 11

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
AndriaPukchangPingyuan

In new street additions, Andria built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Pukchang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pingyuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Andria became progressively more disconnected, while Pukchang became progressively more connected and Pingyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.