Rosario in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rosario in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rosario plotted against Santa Fe and Argentina. The SNDi of new construction in Rosario 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, Rosario's incremental SNDi rose from 2.01 to 2.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rosario ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Santa Fe and 31st out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.17
- Rank in Argentina
- 51st of 77
- Rank in Santa Fe
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.43
- Rank in Argentina
- 31st of 77
- Rank in Santa Fe
- 6th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Rosario and Santos both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.