Sant Andreu de la Barca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sant Andreu de la Barca in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sant Andreu de la BarcaCataluna (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sant Andreu de la Barca plotted against Cataluña and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Sant Andreu de la Barca followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Cataluña which rose steadily and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Sant Andreu de la Barca's incremental SNDi rose from 5.28 to 6.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sant Andreu de la Barca ranked 15th out of 15 cities in Cataluña and 85th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.44
Rank in Spain
84th of 85
Rank in Cataluña
15th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.64
Rank in Spain
85th of 85
Rank in Cataluña
15th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sant Andreu de la BarcaPafosDigri

In new street additions, Sant Andreu de la Barca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pafos built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Digri built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sant Andreu de la Barca and Pafos both became progressively more disconnected, while Digri became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Sant Andreu de la Barca and Digri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.