Syracuse in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Syracuse in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Syracuse plotted against Sicily and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Syracuse rose steadily, compared to Sicily which rose steadily and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Syracuse's incremental SNDi rose from 3.85 to 5.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Syracuse ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Sicily and 46th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.42
- Rank in Italy
- 81st of 88
- Rank in Sicily
- 6th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.71
- Rank in Italy
- 46th of 88
- Rank in Sicily
- 5th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mehkar, India
- Kawthaung, Myanmar
- Meiganga, Cameroon
- Erlangen, Germany
- Otaru, Japan
- Ali Sabieh, Djibouti
In new street additions, Syracuse and Mehkar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Erlangen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Syracuse and Mehkar both became progressively more disconnected, while Erlangen fluctuated in connectivity. Syracuse and Mehkar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.