San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca in context: Street-network sprawl trends
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca plotted against Catamarca and Argentina. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca's incremental SNDi rose from 1.32 to 1.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Catamarca and 38th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.36
- Rank in Argentina
- 8th of 77
- Rank in Catamarca
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.51
- Rank in Argentina
- 38th of 77
- Rank in Catamarca
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jega built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Situbondo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca and Jega both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Situbondo became progressively more disconnected. San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca and Jega have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.