Santo Tomé in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Santo Tome in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santo Tomé plotted against Santa Fe and Argentina. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santo Tomé's incremental SNDi rose from 1.41 to 1.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santo Tomé ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Santa Fe and 32nd out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.49
- Rank in Argentina
- 16th of 77
- Rank in Santa Fe
- 2nd of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.45
- Rank in Argentina
- 32nd of 77
- Rank in Santa Fe
- 7th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mungaoli, India
- Takum, Nigeria
- Novotroitsk, Russia
- Pashim Chhaparhati, Bangladesh
- Kandangan, Indonesia
- Fnideq, Morocco
In new street additions, Santo Tomé fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mungaoli built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Pashim Chhaparhati fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Santo Tomé fluctuated in connectivity, while Mungaoli became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Pashim Chhaparhati fluctuated in connectivity. Santo Tomé and Mungaoli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.