Olavarría in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Olavarria in context

11.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OlavarriaBuenos Aires (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Olavarría plotted against Buenos Aires and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in Olavarría rose steadily, compared to Buenos Aires which rose steadily and Argentina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Olavarría's incremental SNDi rose from 1.37 to 1.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Olavarría ranked 7th out of 18 cities in Buenos Aires and 14th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in Argentina
37th of 77
Rank in Buenos Aires
9th of 18

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.23
Rank in Argentina
14th of 77
Rank in Buenos Aires
7th of 18

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OlavarriaQiandengHaftkel

In new street additions, Olavarría built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Qiandeng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Haftkel built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Olavarría became progressively more disconnected, while Qiandeng fluctuated in connectivity and Haftkel became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.