Córdoba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cordoba in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CordobaAndalucia (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Córdoba plotted against Andalucía and Spain. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Córdoba's incremental SNDi fell from 1.44 to 1.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Córdoba ranked 2nd out of 19 cities in Andalucía and 4th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.43
Rank in Spain
7th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
3rd of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.3
Rank in Spain
4th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
2nd of 19

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CordobaEdgecliff VillageNalchik

In new street additions, Córdoba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Edgecliff Village built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Nalchik built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.