Girona in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Girona in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Girona plotted against Cataluña and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Girona rose steadily, compared to Cataluña which rose steadily and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Girona's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 2.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Girona ranked 7th out of 15 cities in Cataluña and 31st out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Spain
34th of 85
Rank in Cataluña
5th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.75
Rank in Spain
31st of 85
Rank in Cataluña
7th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GironaBakhriWadsharefy

While Bakhri and Wadsharefy both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Girona built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.