San Martín in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Martin 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
San MartinMendoza (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Martín plotted against Mendoza and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in San Martín rose steadily, compared to Mendoza which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Argentina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, San Martín's incremental SNDi rose from 3.24 to 3.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Martín ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Mendoza and 73rd out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in Argentina
73rd of 77
Rank in Mendoza
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in Argentina
73rd of 77
Rank in Mendoza
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San MartinAl Inab al SaghirahTongyeong-si

In new street additions, San Martín and Al Inab al Saghirah both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tongyeong-si fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, San Martín and Al Inab al Saghirah both became progressively more disconnected, while Tongyeong-si fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, San Martín had a more connected network than Tongyeong-si in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.