Novara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Novara in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NovaraPiemonte (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Novara plotted against Piemonte and Italy. While Piemonte and Italy both peaked in 1991-2005, Novara's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Novara's incremental SNDi fell from 3.73 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Novara ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Piemonte and 48th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Italy
19th of 88
Rank in Piemonte
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in Italy
48th of 88
Rank in Piemonte
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NovaraAyangKerch

In new street additions, Novara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ayang built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kerch built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Novara and Ayang both became progressively more disconnected, while Kerch grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Novara and Ayang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.