Funes in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Funes in context

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FunesSanta Fe (Region)Argentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Funes plotted against Santa Fe and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in Funes rose steadily, compared to Santa Fe which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Argentina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Funes's incremental SNDi rose from 2.12 to 2.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Funes ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Santa Fe and 69th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.83
Rank in Argentina
64th of 77
Rank in Santa Fe
8th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Argentina
69th of 77
Rank in Santa Fe
8th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FunesDongolaBatrabat

In new street additions, Funes built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dongola built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Батрабат fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Funes and Dongola both became progressively more disconnected, while Батрабат became progressively more disconnected. Funes and Dongola have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.