Santa Cruz de Tenerife in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Cruz de Tenerife 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
Santa Cruz de TenerifeIslas Canarias (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Cruz de Tenerife plotted against Islas Canarias and Spain. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Cruz de Tenerife's incremental SNDi fell from 2.67 to 2.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Islas Canarias and 67th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Spain
41st of 85
Rank in Islas Canarias
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Spain
67th of 85
Rank in Islas Canarias
3rd 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
Santa Cruz de TenerifePotiskumChangping

In new street additions, Santa Cruz de Tenerife built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Potiskum built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Changping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Potiskum and Changping both became progressively more disconnected, while Santa Cruz de Tenerife grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Santa Cruz de Tenerife had a more sprawly network than Potiskum in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.