Caserta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caserta in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CasertaCampania (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caserta plotted against Campania and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Caserta peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Campania which peaked in 1991-2005 and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Caserta's incremental SNDi fell from 3.71 to 2.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caserta ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Campania and 51st out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in Italy
26th of 88
Rank in Campania
1st of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in Italy
51st of 88
Rank in Campania
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CasertaKhalilabadSouthend-on-Sea

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