Rivas-Vaciamadrid in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rivas-Vaciamadrid in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rivas-VaciamadridComunidad de Madrid (Region)Spain (Country)

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?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rivas-VaciamadridAtebubuMashi

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.