Foggia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Foggia 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
FoggiaApulia (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Foggia plotted against Apulia and Italy. While Apulia and Italy both peaked in 1991-2005, Foggia's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Foggia's incremental SNDi fell from 4.29 to 3.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Foggia ranked 8th out of 11 cities in Apulia and 17th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in Italy
34th of 88
Rank in Apulia
10th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Italy
17th of 88
Rank in Apulia
8th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FoggiaChomuZhijiang

In new street additions, Foggia and Zhijiang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chomu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Foggia became progressively more disconnected, while Chomu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Zhijiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.