Resistencia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Resistencia in context

1.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ResistenciaChaco (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Resistencia plotted against Chaco and Argentina. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Resistencia's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Resistencia ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Chaco and 60th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in Argentina
58th of 77
Rank in Chaco
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.89
Rank in Argentina
60th of 77
Rank in Chaco
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ResistenciaAl Abbasa al SharqiyaRamadi

In new street additions, Resistencia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Abbasa al Sharqiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ramadi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Resistencia and Ramadi both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Abbasa al Sharqiya became progressively more connected. Resistencia and Al Abbasa al Sharqiya have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.