Satelite Norte in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Satelite Norte plotted against Santa Cruz and Bolivia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Satelite Norte's incremental SNDi rose from 1.27 to 1.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Satelite Norte ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Santa Cruz and 3rd out of 13 in Bolivia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Luvungi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Kayonza, Rwanda
• Awlad Seif, Egypt
• Dhobley, Somalia
• Ambohitrimanjaka, Madagascar
• Zégoua, Mali

In new street additions, Satelite Norte fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Luvungi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dhobley built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Satelite Norte grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Luvungi became progressively more disconnected and Dhobley became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Satelite Norte and Luvungi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.