Limoges in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Limoges in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LimogesNouvelle-Aquitaine (Region)France (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Limoges plotted against Nouvelle-Aquitaine and France. While Nouvelle-Aquitaine and France both peaked in 1991-2005, Limoges's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Limoges's incremental SNDi fell from 3.56 to 3.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Limoges ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and 19th out of 73 in France as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in France
44th of 73
Rank in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in France
19th of 73
Rank in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LimogesShizhuGombi

In new street additions, Shizhu and Gombi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Limoges built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Limoges and Shizhu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.