Varese in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Varese in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Varese plotted against Lombardia and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Varese rose steadily, compared to Lombardia which peaked in 1976-1990 and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Varese's incremental SNDi rose from 5.03 to 5.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Varese ranked 11th out of 11 cities in Lombardia and 87th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.46
- Rank in Italy
- 82nd of 88
- Rank in Lombardia
- 11th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.21
- Rank in Italy
- 87th of 88
- Rank in Lombardia
- 11th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Majalengka, Indonesia
- Jianyang, China
- Nehe, China
- Nepalgunj, Nepal
- Pengxi, China
- Chikkaballapura, India
In new street additions, Varese and Nepalgunj both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Majalengka fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Varese and Majalengka have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.