San Carlos de Bariloche in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Carlos de Bariloche in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Carlos de BarilocheRio Negro (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Carlos de Bariloche plotted against Río Negro and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in San Carlos de Bariloche peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Río Negro 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 Carlos de Bariloche's incremental SNDi fell from 2.42 to 2.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Carlos de Bariloche ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Río Negro and 61st out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Argentina
54th of 77
Rank in Río Negro
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.9
Rank in Argentina
61st of 77
Rank in Río Negro
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Carlos de BarilocheDongfangTaoyuan

In new street additions, San Carlos de Bariloche and Taoyuan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dongfang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, San Carlos de Bariloche became progressively more disconnected, while Dongfang fluctuated in connectivity and Taoyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.