Granada in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Granada in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GranadaAndalucia (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Granada plotted against Andalucía and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Granada peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Andalucía which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Granada's incremental SNDi fell from 2.26 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Granada ranked 11th out of 19 cities in Andalucía and 49th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Spain
35th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
9th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Spain
49th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
11th of 19

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
GranadaBatangas CityAsmara

Granada, Batangas City, and Asmara all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Batangas City and Asmara both became progressively more disconnected, while Granada grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Granada and Batangas City have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.