Pamplona in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pamplona in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PamplonaComunidad Foral de Navarra (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pamplona plotted against Comunidad Foral de Navarra and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Pamplona peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Comunidad Foral de Navarra which peaked in 1991-2005 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Pamplona's incremental SNDi fell from 1.86 to 1.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pamplona ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Comunidad Foral de Navarra and 26th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.8
Rank in Spain
20th of 85
Rank in Comunidad Foral de Navarra
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.71
Rank in Spain
26th of 85
Rank in Comunidad Foral de Navarra
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PamplonaArmeniaShangyu District

In new street additions, Pamplona built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Armenia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Shangyu District built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Pamplona and Armenia both became progressively more disconnected, while Shangyu District grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Pamplona and Armenia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.