Rivas-Vaciamadrid in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rivas-Vaciamadrid in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rivas-Vaciamadrid plotted against Comunidad de Madrid and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Rivas-Vaciamadrid fell steadily, compared to Comunidad de Madrid which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Rivas-Vaciamadrid's incremental SNDi fell from 2.11 to 2.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rivas-Vaciamadrid ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Comunidad de Madrid and 58th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.09
- Rank in Spain
- 36th of 85
- Rank in Comunidad de Madrid
- 4th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.24
- Rank in Spain
- 58th of 85
- Rank in Comunidad de Madrid
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Atebubu, Ghana
- Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
- Jingang, China
- Mashi, Nigeria
- San Jose, Philippines
- Gobindpur, India
While Atebubu and Mashi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Rivas-Vaciamadrid built increasingly connected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Atebubu and Mashi both became progressively more disconnected, while Rivas-Vaciamadrid became progressively more connected. Rivas-Vaciamadrid and Atebubu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.