Arganda del Rey in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arganda del Rey in context

1.622.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Arganda del ReyComunidad de Madrid (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arganda del Rey plotted against Comunidad de Madrid and Spain. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Arganda del Rey's incremental SNDi fell from 1.8 to 1.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arganda del Rey ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Comunidad de Madrid and 45th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.63
Rank in Spain
14th of 85
Rank in Comunidad de Madrid
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Spain
45th of 85
Rank in Comunidad de Madrid
4th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Arganda del ReyHassi BounifTamacine

In new street additions, Arganda del Rey and Tamacine both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Hassi Bounif fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Arganda del Rey and Tamacine both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Hassi Bounif became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Arganda del Rey had a more sprawly network than Hassi Bounif in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.