Cádiz in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Cadiz in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cádiz plotted against Andalucía and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Cádiz peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Andalucía which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Cádiz's incremental SNDi fell from 1.46 to 0.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cádiz ranked 1st out of 19 cities in Andalucía and 1st out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 0.06
- Rank in Spain
- 1st of 85
- Rank in Andalucía
- 1st of 19
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.02
- Rank in Spain
- 1st of 85
- Rank in Andalucía
- 1st of 19
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Cádiz built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Iganga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Changhong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Cádiz and Changhong both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Iganga became progressively more disconnected. Cádiz and Iganga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.