Valencia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Valencia in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ValenciaCarabobo (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Valencia plotted against Carabobo and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Valencia rose steadily, compared to Carabobo which rose steadily and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Valencia's incremental SNDi rose from 5.08 to 6.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Valencia ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Carabobo and 46th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.36
Rank in Venezuela
55th of 70
Rank in Carabobo
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.24
Rank in Venezuela
46th of 70
Rank in Carabobo
1st of 2

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
ValenciaBudapestPort Harcourt

In new street additions, Valencia and Budapest both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Port Harcourt fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Valencia and Budapest have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.