Elda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Elda in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Elda plotted against Comunidad Valenciana and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Elda followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Comunidad Valenciana which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Elda's incremental SNDi rose from 1.69 to 1.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elda ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Comunidad Valenciana and 17th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.82
Rank in Spain
21st of 85
Rank in Comunidad Valenciana
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.58
Rank in Spain
17th of 85
Rank in Comunidad Valenciana
3rd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EldaBaliparaManjeshwar

In new street additions, Elda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Balipara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Manjeshwar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Elda became progressively more disconnected, while Balipara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Manjeshwar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.