Alicante in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Alicante in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlicanteComunidad Valenciana (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Alicante plotted against Comunidad Valenciana and Spain. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Alicante's incremental SNDi fell from 1.99 to 1.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Alicante ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Comunidad Valenciana and 24th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in Spain
26th of 85
Rank in Comunidad Valenciana
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.66
Rank in Spain
24th of 85
Rank in Comunidad Valenciana
5th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlicanteWonsanAktobe

In new street additions, Alicante and Wonsan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Aktobe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Alicante and Aktobe both became progressively more disconnected, while Wonsan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Alicante had a more sprawly network than Aktobe in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.