La Orotava in context: Street-network sprawl trends

La Orotava in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La OrotavaIslas Canarias (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Orotava plotted against Islas Canarias and Spain. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, La Orotava's incremental SNDi fell from 2.89 to 2.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Orotava ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Islas Canarias and 78th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in Spain
52nd of 85
Rank in Islas Canarias
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Spain
78th of 85
Rank in Islas Canarias
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La OrotavaKeighleyBonab

In new street additions, La Orotava built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Keighley built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bonab built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Keighley and Bonab both became progressively more disconnected, while La Orotava grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, La Orotava had a more sprawly network than Bonab in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.