Ciudad Real in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ciudad Real in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Real plotted against Castilla-La Mancha and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Ciudad Real 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, Ciudad Real's incremental SNDi fell from 1.93 to 1.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Real ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Castilla-La Mancha and 15th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.34
- Rank in Spain
- 4th of 85
- Rank in Castilla-La Mancha
- 2nd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.53
- Rank in Spain
- 15th of 85
- Rank in Castilla-La Mancha
- 2nd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ciudad Real built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Hīt fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ausa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ciudad Real grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Hīt became progressively more disconnected and Ausa fluctuated in connectivity. Ciudad Real and Hīt have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.