Bassano del Grappa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bassano del Grappa 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
Bassano del GrappaVeneto (Region)Italy (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bassano del Grappa plotted against Veneto and Italy. The SNDi of new construction in Bassano del Grappa peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Veneto which peaked in 1991-2005 and Italy which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Bassano del Grappa's incremental SNDi fell from 3.54 to 3.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bassano del Grappa ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Veneto and 43rd out of 88 in Italy as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Italy
38th of 88
Rank in Veneto
1st of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in Italy
43rd of 88
Rank in Veneto
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bassano del GrappaMorondavaGyzylarbat

In new street additions, Bassano del Grappa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Morondava built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Gyzylarbat built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Bassano del Grappa and Morondava both became progressively more disconnected, while Gyzylarbat became progressively more connected. Bassano del Grappa and Morondava have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.