Pordenone in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pordenone in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PordenoneFriuli-Venezia Giulia (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pordenone plotted against Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Pordenone rose steadily, compared to Friuli-Venezia Giulia which rose steadily and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Pordenone's incremental SNDi rose from 4.43 to 4.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pordenone ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and 63rd out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.46
Rank in Italy
65th of 88
Rank in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in Italy
63rd of 88
Rank in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PordenoneChitrakootWali Khel

In new street additions, Pordenone built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chitrakoot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Wali Khel fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pordenone became progressively more disconnected, while Chitrakoot fluctuated in connectivity and Wali Khel became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Pordenone and Chitrakoot have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.