Roquetas de Mar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Roquetas de Mar 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
Roquetas de MarAndalucia (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Roquetas de Mar plotted against Andalucía and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Roquetas de Mar followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Andalucía which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Roquetas de Mar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.11 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Roquetas de Mar ranked 12th out of 19 cities in Andalucía and 50th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Spain
56th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
12th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Spain
50th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
12th of 19

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Roquetas de MarHadejiaCinco Ranch

In new street additions, Roquetas de Mar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hadejia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Cinco Ranch built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Roquetas de Mar became progressively more disconnected, while Hadejia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Cinco Ranch became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Roquetas de Mar and Hadejia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.