San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca in context

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Fernando del Valle de CatamarcaCatamarca (Region)Argentina (Country)

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?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Fernando del Valle de CatamarcaJegaSitubondo

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.