Brescia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brescia in context

2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BresciaLombardia (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brescia plotted against Lombardia and Italy. While Lombardia and Italy both peaked in 1991-2005, Brescia's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Brescia's incremental SNDi fell from 3.76 to 3.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brescia ranked 6th out of 11 cities in Lombardia and 54th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Italy
30th of 88
Rank in Lombardia
5th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.07
Rank in Italy
54th of 88
Rank in Lombardia
6th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BresciaVeravalSplit

While Veraval and Split both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Brescia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Veraval and Split both became progressively more disconnected, while Brescia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Brescia and Veraval have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.