Oviedo / Uviéu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oviedo / Uvieu in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Oviedo / UvieuPrincipado de Asturias (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oviedo / Uviéu plotted against Principado de Asturias and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Oviedo / Uviéu rose steadily, compared to Principado de Asturias which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Oviedo / Uviéu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.4 to 2.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oviedo / Uviéu ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Principado de Asturias and 52nd out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.43
Rank in Spain
48th of 85
Rank in Principado de Asturias
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in Spain
52nd of 85
Rank in Principado de Asturias
2nd of 3

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
Oviedo / UvieuJaffnaHaarlem

In new street additions, Oviedo / Uviéu and Jaffna both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Haarlem built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Oviedo / Uviéu and Haarlem have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.