Castelló de la Plana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Castello de la Plana in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Castello de la PlanaComunidad Valenciana (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Castelló de la Plana plotted against Comunidad Valenciana and Spain. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Castelló de la Plana's incremental SNDi fell from 1.53 to 1.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Castelló de la Plana ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Comunidad Valenciana and 10th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.43
Rank in Spain
8th of 85
Rank in Comunidad Valenciana
1st of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.4
Rank in Spain
10th of 85
Rank in Comunidad Valenciana
2nd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Castello de la PlanaLeoganeNajafabad

While Léogâne and Najafabad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Castelló de la Plana built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Léogâne and Najafabad both became progressively more disconnected, while Castelló de la Plana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Castelló de la Plana and Léogâne have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.