Massa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Massa in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MassaToscana (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Massa plotted against Toscana and Italy. While Toscana and Italy both peaked in 1991-2005, Massa's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Massa's incremental SNDi fell from 5.56 to 4.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Massa ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Toscana and 80th out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.08
Rank in Italy
57th of 88
Rank in Toscana
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.54
Rank in Italy
80th of 88
Rank in Toscana
7th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MassaChannapattanaGhubaysh

While Channapattana and Ghubaysh both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Massa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Massa and Channapattana have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.