San Fernando in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Fernando in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San FernandoAndalucia (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Fernando plotted against Andalucía and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in San Fernando rose steadily, compared to Andalucía which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, San Fernando's incremental SNDi rose from 1.58 to 1.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Fernando ranked 3rd out of 19 cities in Andalucía and 8th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.67
Rank in Spain
17th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
5th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.36
Rank in Spain
8th of 85
Rank in Andalucía
3rd 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
San FernandoWazirganjSeerik

While Wazirganj and Seerik both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, San Fernando built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Wazirganj and Seerik both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while San Fernando became progressively more disconnected.