Marbella in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Marbella 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
MarbellaAndalucia (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Marbella plotted against Andalucía and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Marbella peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Andalucía which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Marbella's incremental SNDi fell from 4.3 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Marbella ranked 19th out of 19 cities in Andalucía and 82nd out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in Spain
77th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
17th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in Spain
82nd of 85
Rank in Andalucía
19th 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
MarbellaGanj DundwaraXinfeng

In new street additions, Marbella and Xinfeng both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ganj Dundwara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Marbella and Xinfeng both became progressively more disconnected, while Ganj Dundwara became progressively more disconnected. Marbella and Ganj Dundwara have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.