San Rafael in context: Street-network sprawl trends
San Rafael in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Rafael plotted against Mendoza and Argentina. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, San Rafael's incremental SNDi rose from 1.73 to 2.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Rafael ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Mendoza and 57th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.09
- Rank in Argentina
- 48th of 77
- Rank in Mendoza
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.8
- Rank in Argentina
- 57th of 77
- Rank in Mendoza
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, San Rafael fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mahagama built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Letpadan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, San Rafael fluctuated in connectivity, while Mahagama grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Letpadan fluctuated in connectivity. San Rafael and Mahagama have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.