Luján in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lujan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Luján plotted against Buenos Aires and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in Luján rose steadily, compared to Buenos Aires which rose steadily and Argentina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Luján's incremental SNDi rose from 2.2 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Luján ranked 15th out of 18 cities in Buenos Aires and 50th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.56
- Rank in Argentina
- 59th of 77
- Rank in Buenos Aires
- 12th of 18
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.71
- Rank in Argentina
- 50th of 77
- Rank in Buenos Aires
- 15th of 18
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Luján built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tujmazy fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and 后金 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Luján and 后金 both became progressively more disconnected, while Tujmazy fluctuated in connectivity. Luján and 后金 have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.