Gualeguaychu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gualeguaychu in context

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GualeguaychuEntre Rios (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gualeguaychu plotted against Entre Ríos and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in Gualeguaychu peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Entre Ríos which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Argentina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gualeguaychu's incremental SNDi fell from 1.76 to 1.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gualeguaychu ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Entre Ríos and 24th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.72
Rank in Argentina
31st of 77
Rank in Entre Ríos
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.34
Rank in Argentina
24th of 77
Rank in Entre Ríos
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GualeguaychuTres RiosShangsi County

While Três Rios and Shangsi County both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Gualeguaychu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Gualeguaychu and Shangsi County have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.