Latina in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Latina in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LatinaLazio (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Latina plotted against Lazio and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Latina rose steadily, compared to Lazio which rose steadily and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Latina's incremental SNDi rose from 3.62 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Latina ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Lazio and 41st out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.41
Rank in Italy
62nd of 88
Rank in Lazio
4th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.63
Rank in Italy
41st of 88
Rank in Lazio
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LatinaTailaiMagangue

In new street additions, Latina and Tailai both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Magangué fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Latina had a more sprawly network than Tailai in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.