San Juan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Juan in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San JuanArgentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Juan plotted against Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in San Juan rose steadily, while Argentina followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, San Juan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.45 to 3.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Juan ranked 74th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.57
Rank in Argentina
72nd of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in Argentina
74th of 77

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San JuanChisinauBloemfontein

In new street additions, San Juan and Chișinău both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bloemfontein built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, San Juan and Chișinău both became progressively more disconnected, while Bloemfontein grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.