Talavera de la Reina in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Talavera de la Reina plotted against Castilla-La Mancha and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Talavera de la Reina 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, Talavera de la Reina's incremental SNDi fell from 2.03 to 1.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Talavera de la Reina ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Castilla-La Mancha and 22nd out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Koungheul, Senegal
• Battipaglia, Italy
• Astara, Azerbaijan
• Longmen, China
• Huaning, China
• Bamban, Philippines

In new street additions, Talavera de la Reina built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Koungheul fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Longmen built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Koungheul and Longmen both became progressively more disconnected, while Talavera de la Reina grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Talavera de la Reina and Koungheul have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.