Santa Cruz de la Sierra in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Santa Cruz de la Sierra in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Cruz de la Sierra plotted against Santa Cruz and Bolivia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Cruz de la Sierra's incremental SNDi rose from 1.63 to 2.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Santa Cruz and 5th out of 13 in Bolivia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.02
- Rank in Bolivia
- 9th of 13
- Rank in Santa Cruz
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.66
- Rank in Bolivia
- 5th of 13
- Rank in Santa Cruz
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Munich, and Mandalay all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Munich both became progressively more disconnected, while Mandalay fluctuated in connectivity. Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Munich have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.