Granada in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Granada in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GranadaNicaragua (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Granada plotted against Nicaragua. The SNDi of new construction in Granada followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Nicaragua rose steadily. Most recently, Granada's incremental SNDi rose from 3.44 to 6.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Granada ranked 9th out of 10 in Nicaragua as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.09
Rank in Nicaragua
10th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Nicaragua
9th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GranadaArnavutkoyDong'e

In new street additions, Granada fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Arnavutköy built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Dong'e built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Granada and Arnavutköy both became progressively more disconnected, while Dong'e grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Granada and Arnavutköy have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.