Villa María in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Villa Maria in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Villa MariaCordoba (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Villa María plotted against Córdoba and Argentina. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Villa María's incremental SNDi rose from 1.59 to 2.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Villa María ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Córdoba and 36th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Argentina
46th of 77
Rank in Córdoba
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.51
Rank in Argentina
36th of 77
Rank in Córdoba
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Villa MariaInter-nishiChico

In new street additions, Villa María fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Inter-nishi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Chico built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Villa María and Chico both became progressively more disconnected, while Inter-nishi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.