Neuquén in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Neuquen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Neuquén plotted against Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in Neuquén was at its lowest in 1976-1990, while Argentina followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Neuquén's incremental SNDi rose from 1.58 to 1.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Neuquén ranked 42nd out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.7
- Rank in Argentina
- 29th of 77
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.59
- Rank in Argentina
- 42nd of 77
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Salem, United States
- Potosí, Bolivia
- As Sayh, Saudi Arabia
- Palmira, Colombia
- Fenghua District, China
- Jaingbian, China
In new street additions, Neuquén built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Salem built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Palmira fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Salem and Palmira both became progressively more disconnected, while Neuquén became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Neuquén had a more sprawly network than Palmira in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.