Comodoro Rivadavia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Comodoro Rivadavia in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Comodoro RivadaviaChubut (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Comodoro Rivadavia plotted against Chubut and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in Comodoro Rivadavia rose steadily, compared to Chubut which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Argentina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Comodoro Rivadavia's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 2.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Comodoro Rivadavia ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Chubut and 43rd out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Argentina
63rd of 77
Rank in Chubut
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.63
Rank in Argentina
43rd of 77
Rank in Chubut
3rd of 3

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
Comodoro Rivadavia's-HertogenboschNingi

In new street additions, Comodoro Rivadavia and Ningi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while 's-Hertogenbosch fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Comodoro Rivadavia and 's-Hertogenbosch have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.