Santiago del Estero in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santiago del Estero in context

1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.51.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santiago del EsteroArgentina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santiago del Estero plotted against Argentina. Both Santiago del Estero and Argentina follow the same trend. Most recently, Santiago del Estero's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 2.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santiago del Estero ranked 54th out of 77 in Argentina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in Argentina
55th of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.77
Rank in Argentina
54th of 77

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santiago del EsteroVitsebskUvira

In new street additions, Santiago del Estero and Uvira both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Vitsebsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Santiago del Estero and Uvira both became progressively more disconnected, while Vitsebsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.