Albacete in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Albacete in context

0.71.42.12.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.71.42.12.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlbaceteCastilla-La Mancha (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Albacete plotted against Castilla-La Mancha and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Albacete peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Castilla-La Mancha which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Albacete's incremental SNDi fell from 1.4 to 1.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Albacete ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Castilla-La Mancha and 2nd out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.38
Rank in Spain
6th of 85
Rank in Castilla-La Mancha
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.1
Rank in Spain
2nd of 85
Rank in Castilla-La Mancha
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlbaceteAl WakrahSalempur

In new street additions, Albacete built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Al Wakrah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Salempur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Al Wakrah and Salempur both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Albacete became progressively more disconnected.