La Rioja in context: Street-network sprawl trends
La Rioja in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Rioja plotted against Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in La Rioja peaked in 1976-1990, while Argentina followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, La Rioja's incremental SNDi fell from 1.94 to 1.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Rioja ranked 59th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.66
- Rank in Argentina
- 28th of 77
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.86
- Rank in Argentina
- 59th of 77
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Baraut, India
- Pati, Indonesia
- Trishal, Bangladesh
- Butuan, Philippines
- Gajraula, India
- Abu Tig, Egypt
In new street additions, La Rioja built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Baraut built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Butuan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Baraut and Butuan both became progressively more disconnected, while La Rioja grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. La Rioja and Baraut have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.