Udine in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Udine in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UdineFriuli-Venezia Giulia (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Udine plotted against Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Italy. While Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Italy both peaked in 1991-2005, Udine's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Udine's incremental SNDi fell from 3.18 to 3.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Udine ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and 27th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.07
Rank in Italy
31st of 88
Rank in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.37
Rank in Italy
27th of 88
Rank in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1st of 3

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
UdineCharamMaghnia

In new street additions, Udine built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Charam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Maghnia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Udine became progressively more disconnected, while Charam fluctuated in connectivity and Maghnia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Udine and Charam have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.