Cordoba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cordoba in context

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
CordobaCordoba (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cordoba plotted against Córdoba and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in Cordoba rose steadily, compared to Córdoba which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Argentina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cordoba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.8 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cordoba ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Córdoba and 68th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in Argentina
75th of 77
Rank in Córdoba
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in Argentina
68th of 77
Rank in Córdoba
4th of 5

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
CordobaGwangjuToluca

In new street additions, Cordoba and Toluca both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gwangju fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.