A Coruña in context: Street-network sprawl trends

A Coruna in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
A CorunaGalicia (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with A Coruña plotted against Galicia and Spain. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, A Coruña's incremental SNDi fell from 3.01 to 2.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, A Coruña ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Galicia and 57th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Spain
49th of 85
Rank in Galicia
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Spain
57th of 85
Rank in Galicia
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
A CorunaGrazGola Gokarannath

In new street additions, A Coruña built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Graz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gola Gokarannath built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. A Coruña and Graz have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.