Naples in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Naples in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Naples plotted against Florida and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Naples rose steadily, compared to Florida which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Naples's incremental SNDi rose from 5.88 to 6.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Naples ranked 22nd out of 27 cities in Florida and 305th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.25
- Rank in United States
- 308th of 333
- Rank in Florida
- 22nd of 27
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.04
- Rank in United States
- 305th of 333
- Rank in Florida
- 22nd of 27
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Naples and Pulandian both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shirpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Naples and Pulandian both became progressively more disconnected, while Shirpur fluctuated in connectivity. Naples and Shirpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.