Palma de Mallorca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Palma de Mallorca in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Palma de MallorcaIslas Baleares (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Palma de Mallorca plotted against Islas Baleares and Spain. While Islas Baleares and Spain both peaked in 1976-1990, Palma de Mallorca's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Palma de Mallorca's incremental SNDi fell from 2.29 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Palma de Mallorca ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Islas Baleares and 25th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Spain
40th of 85
Rank in Islas Baleares
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in Spain
25th of 85
Rank in Islas Baleares
1st of 2

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
Palma de MallorcaLaiwuLuhansk

In new street additions, Palma de Mallorca built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Laiwu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Luhansk built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Palma de Mallorca and Luhansk both became progressively more disconnected, while Laiwu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.