Oberá in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Obera in context

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OberaMisiones (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oberá plotted against Misiones and Argentina. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Oberá's incremental SNDi rose from 1.5 to 1.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oberá ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Misiones and 37th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.89
Rank in Argentina
40th of 77
Rank in Misiones
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.51
Rank in Argentina
37th of 77
Rank in Misiones
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OberaSanjiaoBrentwood

In new street additions, Oberá fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sanjiao built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Brentwood fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Oberá became progressively more disconnected, while Sanjiao became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Brentwood became progressively more connected. Oberá and Sanjiao have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.