Santander in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santander in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SantanderCantabria (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santander plotted against Cantabria and Spain. While Cantabria and Spain both peaked in 1976-1990, Santander's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Santander's incremental SNDi fell from 3.33 to 3.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santander ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Cantabria and 69th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.14
Rank in Spain
67th of 85
Rank in Cantabria
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Spain
69th of 85
Rank in Cantabria
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SantanderFukuiGunung Lingkas

In new street additions, Santander built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Fukui fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gunung Lingkas built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.