Linares 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 Linares plotted against Maule and Chile. The SNDi of new construction in Linares rose steadily, compared to Maule which rose steadily and Chile which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Linares's incremental SNDi rose from 3.04 to 3.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Linares ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Maule and 18th out of 38 in Chile as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Ndenderu, Kenya
• Vwawa, Tanzania
• Dormagen, Germany
• Tupã, Brazil
• Al Maymun, Egypt
• Salaiya, India

In new street additions, Linares and Tupã both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ndenderu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Linares and Ndenderu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.