Gallarate in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gallarate in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gallarate plotted against Lombardia and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Gallarate rose steadily, compared to Lombardia which peaked in 1976-1990 and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Gallarate's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gallarate ranked 8th out of 11 cities in Lombardia and 65th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.83
- Rank in Italy
- 76th of 88
- Rank in Lombardia
- 10th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.25
- Rank in Italy
- 65th of 88
- Rank in Lombardia
- 8th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Gallarate, Khanakul, and Nabha all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. For the full network, Gallarate and Khanakul both became progressively more disconnected, while Nabha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Gallarate and Khanakul have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.