Cremona in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Cremona in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cremona plotted against Lombardia and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Cremona rose steadily, compared to Lombardia which peaked in 1976-1990 and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Cremona's incremental SNDi rose from 2.71 to 3.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cremona ranked 1st out of 11 cities in Lombardia and 6th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.24
- Rank in Italy
- 36th of 88
- Rank in Lombardia
- 6th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.82
- Rank in Italy
- 6th of 88
- Rank in Lombardia
- 1st of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bagheria, Italy
- Sidi Yahya du Gharb, Morocco
- Dantu District, China
- Jinwan, China
- Villarrica, Paraguay
- Kunri, Pakistan
In new street additions, Cremona and Bagheria both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jinwan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Cremona and Bagheria both became progressively more disconnected, while Jinwan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.