Valdemoro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Valdemoro plotted against Comunidad de Madrid and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Valdemoro was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Comunidad de Madrid which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Valdemoro's incremental SNDi rose from 1.48 to 1.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Valdemoro ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Comunidad de Madrid and 16th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Nirmali, India
• Fengyang, China
• Banki, Nigeria
• Caçador, Brazil
• Banes, Cuba
• Itwa, India

In new street additions, Valdemoro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Nirmali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Caçador built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Valdemoro became progressively more connected, while Nirmali became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Caçador became progressively more disconnected. Valdemoro and Caçador have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.