Murcia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Murcia in context

22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MurciaRegion de Murcia (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Murcia plotted against Región de Murcia and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Murcia rose steadily, compared to Región de Murcia which rose steadily and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Murcia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.15 to 3.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Murcia ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Región de Murcia and 68th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in Spain
68th of 85
Rank in Región de Murcia
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in Spain
68th of 85
Rank in Región de Murcia
2nd 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
MurciaCluj-NapocaBayannur

In new street additions, Murcia and Cluj-Napoca both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bayannur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Murcia and Cluj-Napoca have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.